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We are forever responsible for that which we have tamed.

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
Autobiographer
Essayist
Illustrator
Journalist
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
Lyons
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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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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Perfection is attained, not when no more can be added, but when no more can be removed.
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He who would travel happy must travel lite.
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The one thing that matters is the effort.
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If Someone wants a sheep, then that means that he exists.
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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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For instance, if you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three. The closer it gets to four, the happier I'll feel. By four I'll be excited and worried I'll discover what it costs to be happy! But if you come at any od time, I'll never know when I should prepare my heart... There must be rites.
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We live not by things, but by the meaning of things. It is needful to transmit the passwords from generation to generation.
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He who bears in his heart a cathedral to be built is already victorious. He who seeks to become sexton of a finished cathedral is already defeated.
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Si quelqu'un veut un mouton, c'est la preuve qu'il en existe un. (If somebody wants a sheep, that is a proof that one exists.)
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Flying is a man's job and its worries are a man's worries.
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The essential things in life are seen, not with the eyes but with the heart.
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It's all a great mystery...Look up at the sky and you'll see how everything changes
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Truth, for any man, is that which makes him a man.
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Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas.
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I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.
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It is the duty of the ship's captain to make port, cost what it may.
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Aimer, ce n'est point nous regarder l'un l'autre, mais regarder ensemble dans la meme direction. English Translation: To love is not to look at each other, But to look together in the same direction.
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The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen.
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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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