The Life of the Spider Quotes

“People declare as much, without, apparently, looking into the matter very closely. They seem able to dispense with the conscientious observer's scruples, when inflating their bladder of theory.”
― Jean-Henri Fabre, The Life of the Spider

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― Jean-Henri Fabre, The Life of the Spider

“so slow is moral progress. True, we have the bicycle, the motor-car, the dirigible airship and other marvellous means of breaking our bones; but our morality is not one rung the higher for it all. One would even say that, the farther we proceed in our conquest of matter, the more our morality recedes. The most advanced of our inventions consists in bringing men down with grapeshot and explosives with the swiftness of the reaper mowing the corn.”
― Jean-Henri Fabre, The Life of the Spider

“You speak to me, in your own fashion, of a strange psychology which is able to reconcile the wonders of a master craftsmanship with aberrations due to unfathomable stupidity.”
― Jean-Henri Fabre, The Life of the Spider