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Jean Henri Fabre Quotes
Page 1 of 1Jean Henri Fabre
December 22, 1823 - October 11, 1915
Nationality: French
Category: Author
Subcategory: French Author
|  The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past. | | Let us dig our furrow in the fields of the commonplace. | | We have within us, from the start, that which will distinguish us from the vulgar herd. | | Let us turn elsewhere, to the wasps and bees, who unquestionably come first in the laying up of a heritage for their offspring. | | 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. |
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