Note 6 — Chapter XV · THE CRICKET: THE BURROW; THE EGG
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Oh, the execrable wretch! And to think that we place the Ant in the front rank of insects! Books are written in her honour and the stream of eulogy never ceases; the naturalists hold her in the greatest esteem and add daily to her reputation, so true is it, among animals as among men, that of the various ways of making history, the surest way is to do harm to others.6