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