152 quotes found
“For I do not want any one to read my book carelessly. I have suffered too much grief in setting down these memories. Six years have already passed since my friend went away from me, with his sheep....”
“One only understands the things that one tames, said the fox. Men haveno more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at theshops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can bu...”
“How shallow is the stage on which this vast drama of human hates and joys and friendships is played! Whence do men draw this passion for eternity, flung by chance as they are upon a scarcely cooled...”
“Go and have another look at the roses. And you will understand that yours is indeed unique in all the world.”
“Then, as tonight, he had felt lonely, but soon had learnt the bounty of such loneliness. The music had breathed to him its message, to him alone amongst these ordinary folk, whispered its gentle se...”
“Conceited people never hear anything but praise.”
“Vivi muito tempo no mundo das pessoas grandes. Vi-as de bem perto.No fiquei com muito melhor opinio delas.”
“It's the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important...People have forgotten this truth, but you mustn't forget it. You become responsible forever for what you've tamed. You're re...”
“Here is my secret. Its quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.”
“As for the military advantage of such a bombardment, I simply cannot grasp it. I have seen housewives disemboweled, children mutilated; I have seen the old itinerant market crone sponge from her tr...”
“For after all, why do we go on fighting? If we die for democracy then we must be one of the democracies. Let the rest fight with us, if that is the case. But the most powerful of them, the only one...”
“Mais, dans la mort dun homme, un monde inconnu meurt, et je me demandais quelles taient les images qui sombraient en lui.”
“I am looking for friends. What does that mean -- tame?""It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties." "To establish ties?" "Just that," said the fox. "To me, you ar...”
“Good morning," said the little prince.Good morning," said the merchant.This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst. You need only swallow one pill a week, and you wou...”
“If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.”
“When I opened my eyes, I saw nothing but the pool of nocturnal sky, for I was lying on my back with outstretched arms, face to face with that hatchery of stars. Only half awake, still unaware that ...”
“You are beautiful, but you are empty. One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you --- the rose that belongs to me. But in herself alone...”
“He is among those beings of great scope who spread their leafy branches willingly over broad horizons. To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to know shame at the sight of poverty whic...”
“One must command from each what each can preform.”
“But if you tame me, then weshall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, Ishall be unique in all the world.”
