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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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Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.
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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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A smile is often the key thing.One is paid with a smile. One is rewarded with a smile. One is brightened by a smile. And the quality of a smile can make one die.
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Horror causes men to clench their fists, and in horror men join together.
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Sorrow is one of the vibrations that prove the fact of living.
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True love is visible not to the eyes but to the heart, for eyes may be deceived.
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He fell as gently as a tree falls. There was not even any sound.
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If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts.
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There is no hope of joy except in human relations.
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I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. -from the Fox-
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That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man.
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Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.
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Where I live, everything is very small.
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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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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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Mad is the man who is forever gritting his teeth against that granite block, complete and changeless, of the past.
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But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you.
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One only really sees with the heart.
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Even though human life may be the most precious thing on earth, we always behave as if there were something of higher value than human life.
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