Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Jean Henri Fabre

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French author Jean Henri Fabre.
Last updated on November 23, 2024.
Jean Henri Fabre

Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre was a French naturalist, entomologist, and author known for the lively style of his popular books on the lives of insects.

The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past. — © Jean Henri Fabre
The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past.
We have within us, from the start, that which will distinguish us from the vulgar herd.
Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity.
Let us turn elsewhere, to the wasps and bees, who unquestionably come first in the laying up of a heritage for their offspring.
Let us dig our furrow in the fields of the commonplace.
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