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Jean-Henri Fabre

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Entomologist

Jean-Henri Fabre, a renowned French entomologist, is considered one of the pioneers in the field of entomology. Born on December 22, 1823, and passing away on October 11, 1915, Fabre is known for his in-depth research on insect behavior and ecology. His work, 'The Lives of Insects,' has had a profound impact on later generations.

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“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.”

Mind Doe Reading Found Cases Ignorance Advantage Good Things Track Investigation Beaten Long Road

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“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.”

Knows Way Humans Names Speak Fields Food Kings Cooking Celebrate Folly Thrive Culinary Scorn Battlefields Wheat Human Folly

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

Names Records Royal Wheat

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“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.”

Ifs Might Pain Names Destiny Records Balance Lovers Scripts Details Tragic Royal Miraculous Wheat

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

People Thinking Past Memories Common Persecuted Past Memories

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

Fields Corny Commonplace

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

Book:The Passionate Observer: Writings from the World of Nature

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

Firsts Turns Heritage Elsewhere Bees Offspring Wasps

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“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.”

Feelings Answers Perfect Ignorance Appearance Absence Merit Sincerity

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“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 Kind Philosophy Personality Helpful Acceptable

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

Ifs Given Vegetables Beans

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

Past Form Teach Instinct Fossils Permanence

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About the Author

Born: December 22, 1823
Died: October 11, 1915
Known for: Entomologist
Quotes: 12

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