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.
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 miracul… - Jean-Henri Fabre
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 miracul…
- Jean-Henri Fabre
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 … - Jean-Henri Fabre
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 …
History records the names of royal bastards, but cannot tell us the origin of wheat. - Jean-Henri Fabre
History records the names of royal bastards, but cannot tell us the origin of wheat.
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.
Permanence of instinct must go with permanence of form...The history of the present must teach us the history of the past. - Jean-Henri Fabre
Permanence of instinct must go with permanence of form...The history of the present must teach us the history of the past.
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 … - Jean-Henri Fabre
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 …
If there is one vegetable which is God-given, it is the haricot bean. - Jean-Henri Fabre
If there is one vegetable which is God-given, it is the haricot bean.
In many cases, ignorance is a good thing : the mind retains its freedom of investigation and does not stray along roads that lead nowhither, suggeste… - Jean-Henri Fabre
In many cases, ignorance is a good thing : the mind retains its freedom of investigation and does not stray along roads that lead nowhither, suggeste…
Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experience helpful. Let those wh… - Jean-Henri Fabre
Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experience helpful. Let those wh…
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