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Perfection is attained, not when no more can be added, but when no more can be removed.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Age: 44 †
Born: 1900
Born: June 29
Died: 1944
Died: July 31
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Prison is not a mere physical horror. It is using a pickaxe to no purpose that makes a prison.
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You cannot plant an acorn in the morning, and expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of an oak.
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I believe that for his escape he took advantage of the migration of a flock of wild birds.
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Intelligence is not creative judgment is not creative. If a sculptor is nothing but skill and mind, his hands will be without genius.
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To grasp the meaning of the world of today we use a language created to express the world of yesterday. The life of the past seems to us nearer our true natures, but only for the reason that it is nearer our language.
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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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Man is a knot into which relationships are tied.
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The proof that the little prince existed is that he was charming, that he laughed, and that he was looking for a sheep. If anybody wants a sheep, that is a proof that he exists.
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He who would travel happy must travel lite.
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A goal without a pan is just a wish.
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You're beautiful, but you're empty.... No one could die for you.
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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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He who never says no is no true man.
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Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas.
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To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown−ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures.
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He fell as gently as a tree falls. There was not even any sound.
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The theoretician believes in logic and believes that he despises dreams, intuition, and poetry. He does not recognize that these three fairies have only disguised themselves in order to dazzle him.... He does not know that he owes his greatest discoveries to them.
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