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19d223a
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But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you.
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time
heart
the-little-prince
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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53cf194
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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.
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inspirational
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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ea429ba
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No one is ever satisfied where he is.
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inspirational
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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f669cab
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Please-tame me!' he said. 'I want to, very much,' the little prince replied. 'But I have not much time. I have friends to discover, and a great many things to understand.' 'One only understands the things that one tames,' said the fox. 'Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a frien..
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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64a9f3e
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I was too young to know how to love her.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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dc71b30
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For millions of years flowers have been producing thorns. For millions of years sheep have been eating them all the same. And it's not serious, trying to understand why flowers go to such trouble to produce thorns that are good for nothing? It's not important, the war between the sheep and the flowers? It's no more serious and more important than the numbers that fat red gentleman is adding up? Suppose I happen to know a unique flower, one ..
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war
stars
love
thorns
roses
sheep
importance
uniqueness
longing
protection
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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30b142d
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I wonder," he said, "whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again...
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lovely
inspirational
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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a5bce19
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In one of those stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night. And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend...I shall not leave you.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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7c47ec2
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I wonder," he said, "whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again..."
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lovely
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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e8bade3
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I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams...
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silence
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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a7eba53
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But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.
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praise
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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29d0723
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Of course, I love you,' the flower said to him. 'If you were not aware of it, it was my fault.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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5f60eec
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It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom. "What matters most are the simple pleasures so abundant that we can all enjoy them...Happiness doesn't lie in the objects we gather around us. To find it, all we need to do is open our eyes."
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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5a7704e
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Words are the source of misunderstandings.
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miscommunication
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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0393ad2
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The only things you learn are the things you tame
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persistence
learning
education
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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1832b8a
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If you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three.
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happy
visit
friend
anticipation
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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e5e0e32
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One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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bc1bfdf
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Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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61cc5cd
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Only the children know what they are looking for.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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c327c98
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Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, of quarrels and reconciliations and generous emotions. It is idle, having planted an acorn in the morning, to expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of the oak.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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6b161d8
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C'est le temps que tu a perdu pour ta rose qui fait ta rose si importante.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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4ae1279
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That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man.
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life
inspirational
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Antoine de Saint Exupéry |
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680262f
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Look at the sky. Ask yourselves: Has the sheep eaten the flower, yes or no? And you will see how everything changes...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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0da1765
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In every crowd are certain persons who seem just like the rest, yet they bear amazing messages.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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836adc9
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It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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9822e3e
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And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.
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responsibility
wisdom
inspirational
animals
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery |
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7c596f1
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The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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49dc140
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What does tamed mean? It's something that's been too often neglected. It means to create ties.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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1f8f0e6
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You are beautiful, but you are empty. One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you --- the rose that belongs to me. But in herself alone she is more important than all the hundreds of you other roses: because it is she that I have watered; because it is she that I have put under the glass globe; because it is she that I have sheltered behind the screen; because it is for her that ..
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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11c7b64
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Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy ready-made things in the shops. But since there are no shops where you can buy friends, men no longer have any friends.
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understanding
time
friends
friendship
reflection
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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45b8963
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You know...my flower...I'm responsible for her. And she's so weak! And so naive. She has four ridiculous thorns to defend her against the world...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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9573bb6
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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.
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worth
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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1084e96
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It's the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important...People have forgotten this truth, but you mustn't forget it. You become responsible forever for what you've tamed. You're responsible for your rose.
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love
rose
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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406a685
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You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water...
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relationships
life
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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a9c5eb9
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Behind all seen things lies something vaster; everything is but a path, a portal or a window opening on something other than iteself.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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3ca8a69
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You're not a man, you're a mushroom!
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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c3697d6
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Why are you drinking? demanded the little prince. "So that I may forget," replied the tippler. "Forget what?" inquired the little prince, who was already sorry for him. "Forget that I am ashamed," the tippler confessed, hanging his head. "Ashamed of what?" insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him. "Ashamed of drinking!"
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shame
sad
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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6733371
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Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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b0e2ee3
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But on your tiny planet, my little prince, all you need do is move your chair a few steps. You can see the day end and the twilight falling whenever you like... "One day," you said to me, "I saw the sunset forty-four times!" And a little later you added: "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."
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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09ace69
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It is such a secret place, the land of tears.
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tears
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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fcbcd9a
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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."
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monotony
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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d52c5ba
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Grown ups never understood anything by themselves. And it is rather tedious to have to explain things to them time and again
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Antoine de Saint Exupéry |
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5a0059c
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The night had fallen. I had let my tools drop from my hands. Of what moment now was my hammer, my bolt, or thirst, or death? On one star, one planet, my planet, the Earth, there was a little prince to be comforted. I took him in my arms, and rocked him. I said to him: "The flower that you love is not in danger. I will draw you a muzzle for your sheep. I will draw you a railing to put around your flower. I will --" I did not know what to s..
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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7c4f039
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One only understands the things that one tames," said the fox. "Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me. . ."
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humanity
the-little-prince
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |