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> [From the time we began to build houses and cities, since we invented the wheel, we have not advanced one step toward happiness. We have always been in halves. As long as we invent and progress in mechanical things and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giono/from-the-time-we-began-to-build-houses-and-cities-since-we-invented/)

[Jean Giono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giono/)

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## More by Jean Giono

> [I have always hated crowds. I like deserts, prisons, and monasteries. I have discovered, too, that there are fewer idiots at 3000 meters above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giono/i-have-always-hated-crowds-i-like-deserts-prisons-and-monasteries-i/)

[Jean Giono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giono/)

> [“Imaginer c'est choisir.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giono/imaginer-c-est-choisir/)

[Jean GIONO](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giono/)

> [Days begin and end in the dead of night. They are not shaped long, in the manner of things which lead to ends -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giono/days-begin-and-end-in-the-dead-of-night-they-are-not-shaped-long-in/)

[Jean Giono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giono/)

> [For a human character to reveal truly exceptional qualities, one must have the good fortune to be able to observe its performance over many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giono/for-a-human-character-to-reveal-truly-exceptional-qualities-one-must/)

[Jean Giono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giono/)

> [The Italians are said to be noisy and to gesticulate, but that is a libel dreamed up by the English.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giono/the-italians-are-said-to-be-noisy-and-to-gesticulate-but-that-is-a/)

[Jean Giono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giono/)

> [When I reflect that one man, armed only with his own physical and moral resources, was able to cause this land of Canaan to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giono/when-i-reflect-that-one-man-armed-only-with-his-own-physical-and/)

[Jean Giono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giono/)

> [Civilization tries to persuade us we are going towards something, a distant goal. We have forgotten that our only goal is to live, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giono/civilization-tries-to-persuade-us-we-are-going-towards-something-a/)

[Jean Giono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giono/)

> [I should like to write about what happens when fictive people encounter and are embellished by real people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giono/i-should-like-to-write-about-what-happens-when-fictive-people/)

[Jean Giono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giono/)

> [Spring sprang suddenly onto the land.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giono/spring-sprang-suddenly-onto-the-land/)

[Jean Giono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giono/)

> [Remember, all of man's happiness is in the little valleys. Tiny little ones. Small enough to call from one side to the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giono/remember-all-of-man-s-happiness-is-in-the-little-valleys-tiny-little/)

[Jean Giono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giono/)

> [From the time we began to build houses and cities, since we invented the wheel, we have not advanced one step toward happiness. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giono/from-the-time-we-began-to-build-houses-and-cities-since-we-invented/)

[Jean Giono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giono/)

> [All civilized people see the day beginning at dawn or a little after or a long time after or whatever time their work begins;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giono/all-civilized-people-see-the-day-beginning-at-dawn-or-a-little-after/)

[Jean Giono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giono/)

> [“And he told stories about the stars above, about the earth below. He told them to make the night pass, and also because his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giono/and-he-told-stories-about-the-stars-above-about-the-earth-below-he/)

[Jean Giono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giono/)

> [There are also times in life when a person has to rush off in pursuit of hopefulness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giono/there-are-also-times-in-life-when-a-person-has-to-rush-off-in-pursuit/)

[Jean Giono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giono/)

> [Boredom is the most horrible of wolves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giono/boredom-is-the-most-horrible-of-wolves/)

[Jean Giono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giono/)

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