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Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre (22 December 1823 – 11 October 1915) was a French naturalist, entomologist, and author known for the lively style of his popular books on the lives of insects.

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Let us dig our furrow in the fields of the commonplace.

Commonplace, Corny, Dig, Fields, Furrow, Let

We have within us, from the start, that which will distinguish us from the vulgar herd.

Distinguish, Herd, Herds, Start, Vulgar

The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past.

History, Memories, Past, People, Think, Thinking

All failed lovers rewrite the script, as if one sexual detail or another might have tipped the balance of pain into destiny, either tragic or miraculous. History record the names of royal bastards, but cannot tell us the origin of wheat.

Bastards, Destiny, Failed, Names, Pain, Sexual

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.

Confess, Feelings, Ignorance, Learning, Perfect

Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experience helpful. Let those who do not, seek their own kind.

Mind, Personality, Philosophy, Road

If there is one vegetable which is God-given, it is the haricot bean.

Bean, Beans, Given, Haricot, Vegetable, Vegetables

Permanence of instinct must go with permanence of form. . . The history of the present must teach us the history of the past.

Fossils, Instinct, Past, Permanence, Present

In many cases, ignorance is a good thing : the mind retains its freedom of investigation and does not stray along roads that lead nowhither, suggested by one's reading. I have experienced this once again. . . . Yes, ignorance can have its advantages; the new is found far from the beaten track.

Advantages, Ignorance, Reading, Roads, Track

History celebrates the battlefields whereon we meet our death, but scorns to speak of the plowed fields whereby we thrive. It knows the names of the king's bastards but cannot tell us the origin of wheat. This is the way of human folly.

Fields, Food, Kings, Names, Way, Whereby

History records the names of royal bastards, but cannot tell us the origin of wheat.

History, Names, Records, Wheat

Let us turn elsewhere, to the wasps and bees, who unquestionably come first in the laying up of a heritage for their offspring.

Bees, Firsts, Heritage, Let, Turn, Wasps

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