Jean Henri Fabre Quotes

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.

Jean Henri Fabre

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Jean Henri Fabre

Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre (21 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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Jean Henri Fabre

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

people history
Jean Henri Fabre

The best thing is to say good-bye, not without a certain regret on my part. One of these days. I will take you and scatter you in your territory, the rock-strewn slope where the sun is so hot.. There you will learn the hard struggle for life better than you would with me.

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Jean Henri Fabre

I have made it a rule to adopt the method of ignorance in my investigations into instincts. I read very little.. I know nothing. So much the better : my queries will be all the freer, now in this direction, now in the opposite, according to the lights obtained.

rules method light
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, 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.

reading mind
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 least one merit, that of perfect sincerity.

appearance merit absence

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