If there is one vegetable which is God-given, it is the haricot bean. — Jean-Henri Fabre Beans Copy Share Image
History celebrates the battlefields whereon we meet our death, but scorns to speak of the plowed fields whereby we thrive. It knows… — Jean-Henri Fabre Battlefields Copy Share Image
“Science too proceeds by lantern-flashes; it explores nature's inexhaustible mosiac piece by piece. Too often the wick lacks oil; the glass panes… — Jean-Henri Fabre Nature Copy Share Image
All failed lovers rewrite the script, as if one sexual detail or another might have tipped the balance of pain into destiny,… — Jean-Henri Fabre Balance Copy Share Image
Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experience helpful. Let those who… — Jean-Henri Fabre Acceptable Copy Share Image
History records the names of royal bastards, but cannot tell us the origin of wheat. — Jean-Henri Fabre History Copy Share Image
“Permanence of instinct must go with permanence of form...The history of the present must teach us the history of the past. [Referring… — Jean-Henri Fabre Biology Copy Share Image
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 Form Copy Share Image
“ La clarté est la souveraine politesse de qui manie une plume . (Clarity is the sovereign politeness of the one who… — Jean-Henri Fabre Copy Share Image
In many cases, ignorance is a good thing : the mind retains its freedom of investigation and does not stray along roads… — Jean-Henri Fabre Advantage Copy Share Image
“What matters in learning is not to be taught, but to wake up.” — Jean-Henri Fabre Education Copy Share Image
