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So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near-- Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry." It is your own fault," said the little prince. "I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you . . ." Yes, that is so," said the fox. But now you are going to cry!" said the little prince. Yes, that is so," said the fox. Then it has done you no good at all!" It has done me good," said the fox, "because of the color of the wheat fields.

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Wheat Fields, Color, Foxes

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A child is not frightened at the thought of being patiently transmuted into an old man.

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Children, Men, Frightened

Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). “Flight to Arras”

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Are wars... anything but the means whereby a nation's problems are set, where creation is stimulated - there you have adventure. But there is no adventure in heads-or-tails, in betting that the toss will come out of life or death. War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

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Peace, War, Adventure

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Horror causes men to clench their fists, and in horror men join together.

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Men, Unity, Together

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Treason implies responsibility for something, control over something, influence upon something, knowledge of something. Treason in our time is a proof of genius. Why, I want to know, are not traitors decorated?

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Responsibility, Genius, Want

Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). “Flight to Arras”

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How is it possible for one to own the stars?" "To whom do they belong?" the businessman retorted, peevishly. "I don't know. To nobody.

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Stars, Businessman, Knows

Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). “The Little Prince: "Illustrated Edition"”, p.62, eKitap Projesi

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What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who dwells in a desert and is an unfeeling brute.

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Freedom, Mean, Men

Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). “Flight to Arras”

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He who must travel happily must travel light.

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Inspirational, Travel, Light

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if a sheep eats bushes does it eat flowers too? a sheep eats whatever it finds even a flower with thorn? even a flower with thorns. then what's the good of thorns?

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Flower, Sheep, Doe

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It was the contemplation of God that created men who were equal, for it was in God that they were equal.

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Equality, Men, Contemplation

Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). “Flight to Arras”

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Nothing can match the treasure of common memories.

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Memories, Treasure, Acorns

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What have you come to Earth for?' 'I'm having difficulties with a flower,' the little prince said. 'Ah!' said the snake. And they were both silent.

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Flower, Snakes, Earth

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Only the children know what they are looking for. They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry.

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Children, Yawning, Important

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When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey.

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Mystery, Dare, Overpowering

Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). “The Little Prince: "Illustrated Edition"”, p.17, eKitap Projesi

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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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Relationship, Spring, Water

Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). “The Little Prince: "Illustrated Edition"”, p.108, eKitap Projesi

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One must observe the proper rites.

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Rite, Ritual

Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). “The Little Prince: "Illustrated Edition"”, p.87, eKitap Projesi

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Let a man in a garret but burn with enough intensity and he will set fire to the world.

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Men, Fire, History

"Wind, Sand and Stars" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, (Ch. IX), 1936.

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The seed haunted by the sun never fails to find its way between the stones in the ground. And the pure logician, if no sun draws him forth, remains entangled in his logic.

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Stones, Way, Sun

Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). “Flight to Arras”

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Cries of despair, misery, sobbing grief are a kind of wealth.

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Grief, Despair, Misery

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If I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water.

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Spring, Water, Three

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At one time I say to myself: "Surely not! The little prince shuts his flower under her glass globe every night, and he watches over his sheep very carefully . . ." Then I am happy. And there is sweetness in the laughter of all the stars.

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Stars, Laughter, Flower

Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). “The Little Prince: "Illustrated Edition"”, p.111, eKitap Projesi

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We must not subject him who creates to the desires of the multitude. It is, rather, his creation that must become the multitude's desire.

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Desire, Creation, Multitudes

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Defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom, and above all futility.

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Failure, Boredom, Defeat

Antoine de Saint Exupery (1942). “Flight to Arras”

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Action and personal happiness have no truck with each other; they are eternally at war.

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War, Action, Truck

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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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Men, Wheat Fields, Monotonous Life

Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). “The Little Prince: "Illustrated Edition"”, p.86, eKitap Projesi

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Born: June 29, 1900
Died: July 31, 1944
Occupation: Writer
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