Jean Henri Fabre — French Author born on December 22, 1823, died on October 11, 1915

Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre was a French entomologist, and author known for the lively style of his popular books on the lives of insects... (wikipedia)

We have within us, from the start, that which will distinguish us from the vulgar herd.
Let us turn elsewhere, to the wasps and bees, who unquestionably come first in the laying up of a heritage for their offspring.
Let us dig our furrow in the fields of the commonplace.
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.
The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past.