Octave Mirbeau Quote

Children, by nature, are keen, passionate and curious. What was referred to as laziness is often merely an awakening of sensitivity, a psychological inability to submit to certain absurd duties, and a natural result of the distorted, unbalanced education given to them. This laziness, which leads to an insuperable reluctance to learn, is, contrary to appearances, sometimes proof of intellectual superiority and a condemnation of the teacher.

In French: "Chez les natures d'enfant, ardentes, passionnées, curieuses, ce qu'on appelle la paresse..." - Sébastien Roch (1890)