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Night, when words fade and things come alive.
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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I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.
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The wind in the grain is the caress to the spouse it is the hand of peace stroking her hair.
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Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.
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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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Where are the people?” resumed the little prince at last. “It’s a little lonely in the desert…” “It is lonely when you’re among people, too,” said the snake.
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If it is true that wars are won by believers, it is also true that peace treaties are sometimes signed by businessmen.
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Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may strike root and, like the seed, become. But also he needs the great Milky Way above him and the vast sea spaces, though neither stars nor ocean serve his daily needs.
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I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
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There is no hope of joy except in human relations.
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You know...my flower...I'm responsible for her. And she's so weak! And so naive. She has four ridiculous thorns to defend her against the world.
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The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time.
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But games always cover something deep and intense, else there would be no excitement in them, no pleasure, no power to stir us.
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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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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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