"No one is ever satisfied where he is."
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
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Quotes by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
"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..."
"It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."
"You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water..."
"The only things you learn are the things you tame"
"You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water..."
"The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart."
"If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers..."
"Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day."
"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...They don't find it,"I answered.And yet what they're looking for could be found in a single rose, or a little water..."Of course,"I answered.And the little prince added, "But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart."
"You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water..."
"It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."
"I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of crying a bit if one allows oneself to be tamed."
"When someone blushes, doesn't that mean 'yes'?"
"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral."
"Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies."
"People have forgotten this truth,"the fox said. "But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose."
"What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well..."
"All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it."