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01c. 1926 AD

You know-- one loves the sunset, when one is so sad...""Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?"But the little prince made no reply.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry / quote

02c. 1926 AD

Even though human life may be the most precious thing on earth, we always behave as if there were something of higher value than human life.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry / quote

03c. 1926 AD

Experiences teaches us that to love is not to gaze at one another but to gaze together in the same direction.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry / quote

04c. 1926 AD

My life is very monotonous," the fox said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry / quote

05c. 1926 AD

But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry / quote

06c. 1926 AD

Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas. Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. I take it for granted that to create a tree I condemn a seed to rot. If the first act of resistance comes too late it is doomed to defeat. But it is, nevertheless, the awakening of resistance. Life may grow from it as from a seed.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry / quote

07c. 1926 AD

He who is different from me does not impoverish me - he enriches me. Our unity is constituted in something higher than ourselves - in Man... For no man seeks to hear his own echo, or to find his reflection in the glass.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry / quote

08c. 1926 AD

Why are you drinking? - the little prince asked.- In order to forget - replied the drunkard.- To forget what? - inquired the little prince, who was already feeling sorry for him.- To forget that I am ashamed - the drunkard confessed, hanging his head.- Ashamed of what? - asked the little prince who wanted to help him.- Ashamed of drinking! - concluded the drunkard, withdrawing into total silence.And the little prince went away, puzzled.'Grown-ups really are very, very odd', he said to himself as he continued his journey.

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09c. 1926 AD

But the vain man did not hear him. Vain men never hear anything but praise.

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