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The house, the stars, the desert -- what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible!
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inspirational
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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Tu n'es encore pour moi qu'un petit garcon tout semblable a cent mille petits garcons. Et je n'ai pas besoin de toi. Et tu n'as pas besoin de moi non plus. Je ne suis pour toi qu'un renard semblable a cent mille renards. Mais, si tu m'apprivoises, nous aurons besoin l'un de l'autre. Tu seras pour moi unique au monde. Je serai pour toi unique au monde.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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We do not pray for immortality, but only not to see our acts and all things stripped suddenly of all their meaning; for then it is the utter emptiness of everything reveals itself.
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meaning
existentialism
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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Ephemeral" It means 'which is in danger of speedy disappearance." --
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.
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inspirational
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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971a7d0
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No one has tamed you and you haven't tamed anyone.You're the way my fox was. He was just a fox like a hundred thousand others. But I've made him my friend, and now he's the only fox in the world.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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When I opened my eyes I saw nothing but the pool of nocturnal sky, for I was lying on my back with out-stretched arms, face to face with that hatchery of stars. Only half awake, still unaware that those depths were sky, having no roof between those depths and me, no branches to screen them, no root to cling to, I was seized with vertigo and felt myself as if flung forth and plunging downward like a diver.
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stars
sand
wind
sky
french
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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One day,' you said, 'I watched the sunset forty-three times!' And a little later you added: 'You know, when one is that sad, one can get to love the sunset.' 'Were you that sad, then, on the day of the forty-three sunset?' But the prince made no answer.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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Tu deviens responsable pour toujours de ce que tu as apprivoise.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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Supposing I know of a flower that is absolutely unique, that is nowhere to be found except on my planet, and any minute that flower could accidentally be eaten up by a little lamb, isn't that important? If a person loves a flower that is the only one of its kind on all the millions and millions of stars, then gazing at the night sky is enough to make him happy. He says to himself "My flower is out there somewhere." But if the lamb eats the ..
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stars
the-little-prince
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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But certainly, for us who understand life, figures are a matter of indifference.
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life
indifference
quality-of-life
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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Good morning," said the little prince. Good morning," said the merchant. This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst. You need only swallow one pill a week, and you would feel no need for anything to drink. Why are you selling those?" asked the little prince. Because they save a tremendous amount of time," said the merchant. "Computations have been made by experts. With these pills, you save fifty-three minute..
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life
wisdom
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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I showed the grown ups my masterpiece, and I asked them if my drawing scared them. They answered:"why be scared of a hat?" My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant."
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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I looked about me. Luminous points glowed in the darkness. Cigarettes punctuated the humble meditations of worn old clerks. I heard them talking to one another in murmurs and whispers. They talked about illness, money, shabby domestic cares. And suddenly I had a vision of the face of destiny. Old bureaucrat, my comrade, it is not you who are to blame. No one ever helped you to escape. You, like a termite, built your peace by blocking up wit..
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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I don't believe you! Flowers are weak creatures. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe that their thorns are terrible weapons...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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You are beautiful, but you are empty", he went on. "One could not die for you."
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the-little-prince
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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What a queer planet!" he thought. "It is altogether dry, and altogether pointed, and altogether harsh and forbidding. And the people have no imagination. They repeat whatever one says to them . . . On my planet I had a flower; she always was the first to speak . . ." --
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the-little-prince
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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What are you trying to say?" All men have the stars," he answered, "but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems. For my businessman they are wealth. But all these stars are silent. You - only you - will have stars that can laugh!" And he laughed again. And when your sorrow i..
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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If a composer suffers from loss of sleep and his sleeplessness induces him to turn out masterpieces, what a profitable loss it is!
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sleep
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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On ne sait jamais! One never knows!
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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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, puzzle..
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grown-ups
problem-solving
self-respect
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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If you could fly to France in one minute, you could go straight into the sunset, right from noon. Unfortunately, France is too far away for that. 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 ..
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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No one is ever satisfied where he is....Only the children know what they're looking for....
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satisfaction
only-the-children
the-little-prince
satisfied
children
searching
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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Look up at the sky. Ask yourself, 'Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?' And you'll see how everything changes... And no grown-up will ever understand how such a thing could be so important.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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Tu sais... quand on est tellement triste on aime les couchers de soleil... -Le jour des quarante-trois fois tu etais donc tellement triste? Mais le petit prince ne repontit pas.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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Si vienes, por ejemplo, a las cuatro de la tarde, a partir de las tres empezare a ser feliz. A medida que se acerque la hora me sentire mas feliz. Y a las cuatro, me agitare y me inquietare; !descubrire el precio de la felicidad! Pero si vienes en cualquier momento, no sabre nunca a que hora vestirme el corazon... Los ritos son necesarios
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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Conceited people never hear anything but praise.
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people
praise
hear
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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And they heard the roaring thunder of a third brilliantly lighted express. "Are they pursuing the first travelers?" demanded the little prince. "They are pursuing nothing at all," said the switchman. "They are asleep in there, or if they are not asleep they are yawning. Only the children are flattening their noses against the windowpanes." "Only the children know what they are looking for," said the little prince. "They waste their time ove..
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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And that heart which was a wild garden was given to him who only loved trim lawns. And the imbecile carried the princess into slavery.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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No destiny attacks us from outside. But, within him, man bears his fate and there comes a moment when he knows himself vulnerable; and then, as in a vertigo, blunder upon blunder lures him.
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fate
destiny
doom
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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He sat down. I sat down next to him. And after a silence, he spoke again. 'The stars are beautiful because of a flower you don't see...' I answered, 'Yes, of course.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.
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misfortunes
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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That is the most difficult thing of all. It is far more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself correctly, then you are truly a man of wisdom.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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The little prince went away, to look again at the roses. "You are not at all like my rose," he said. "As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first knew him. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But I have made him my friend, and now he is unique in all the world." And the roses were very much embarassed. "You are beautiful, but you are empty," he went on. "One co..
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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I'll look as if I'm dead, and that won't be true.' I said nothing. 'You understand. It's too far. I can't take this body with me. It's too heavy.' I said nothing. 'But it'll be like an old abandoned shell. There's nothing sad about an old shell...' I said nothing. 'It'll be nice, you know. I'll be looking at the stars, too. All the stars will be wells with a rusty pulley. All the stars will pour out water for me to drink...' I said nothing...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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It's all a great mystery...Look up at the sky and you'll see how everything changes
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - The Little Prince |
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If you love a flower which happens to be on a star, it is sweet at night to gaze at the sky. All the stars are a riot of flowers.
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stars
the-little-prince
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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n'oublie pas, dit le renard, c'est le temps que tu as perdu pour ta rose qui fait ta rose si importante. -c'est le temps que j'ai perdu pour ma rose... fit le petit prince, afin de souvenir...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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People where you live, the little prince said, grow five thousand roses in one garden... Yet they don't find what they're looking for... And yet what they're looking for could be found in a single rose.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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He had taken seriously words which were without importance, and it made him very unhappy.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |