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Man's progress is but a gradual discovery that his questions have no meaning.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Age: 44 †
Born: 1900
Born: June 29
Died: 1944
Died: July 31
Aircraft Pilot
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More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
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The one thing that matters is the effort. It continues, whereas the end to be attained is but an illusion of the climber, as he fares on and on from crest to crest and once the goal is reached it has no meaning.
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He fell as gently as a tree falls. There was not even any sound.
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But certainly, for us who understand life, figures are a matter of indifference.
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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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Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.
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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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Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.
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One must observe the proper rites.
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Perfection is reachednot when there's nothing to add, but when there's nothing to take away.
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Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas.
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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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He who must travel happily must travel light.
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The dignity of the individual demands that he be not reduced to vassalage by the largesse of others.
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It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
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On ne sait jamais! One never knows!
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She knew this man's smile, his gentle ways of love, but not his godlike fury in the storm. She might snare him in a fragile net of music, love and flowers, but, at each departure, he would break forth without, it seemed to her, the least regret.
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It is not for us to forecast the future, but to shape it.
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