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“Supposing I know of a flower that is absolutely unique, that is nowhere to be found except on my planet, and any minute that flower could accidentally be eaten up by a little lamb, isn't that impor...”
“That will be so amusing! You will have five hundred million little bells,and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water...”
“You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.”
“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.”
“If I am attempting to describe him, it is in order not to forget him. It is sad to forget a friend. Not every one has had a friend.”
“And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.”
“This is, to me, the loveliest and saddest landscape in the world. It is the same as that on the preceding page, but I have drawn it again to impress it on your memory. It is here that the little pr...”
“Grown-ups love figures. When you talk to them about a new friend, they never ask questions about essential matters.”
“I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.”
“The fact is that I did not know how to understand anything! I ought to have judged by deeds and not by words. She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me. I ought never to have run away from he...”
“Flowers are so inconsistent!”
“My life is very monotonous," the fox said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored.”
“But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.”
“Why are you drinking? - the little prince asked.- In order to forget - replied the drunkard.- To forget what? - inquired the little prince, who was already feeling sorry for him.- To forget that I ...”
“But the vain man did not hear him. Vain men never hear anything but praise.”
