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I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of crying a bit if one allows oneself to be tamed.
From The Little Prince
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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.
From Night Flight
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I wonder,” he said, “whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again...
From The Little Prince
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You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water...
From The Little Prince: Library Edition
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Those who pass by us, do not go alone, and do not leave us alone; they leave a bit of themselves, and take a little of us.
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Behind all seen things lies something vaster; everything is but a path, a portal or a window opening on something other than iteself.
From Wind, Sand and Stars
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Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them
From The Little Prince
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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.
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And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me.
From The Little Prince
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The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.
From The Little Prince
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What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well...
From The Little Prince
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If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
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The house, the stars, the desert -- what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible!
From The Little Prince
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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.
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No one is ever satisfied where he is.
From The Little Prince
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Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.
From The Little Prince
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Action and personal happiness have no truck with each other; they are eternally at war.
From Night Flight
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No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born.
From Flight To Arras
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People where you live," the little prince said, "grow five thousand roses in one garden... yet they don't find what they're looking for...

They don't find it," I answered.

And yet what they're looking for could be found in a single rose, or a little water..."

Of course," I answered.

And the little prince added, "But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.
From The Little Prince
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I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him but what he thinks of himself. Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.
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I should have based my judgement upon deeds and not words.
From The Little Prince
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Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
From Le Petit Prince
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It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.
From The Little Prince
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I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of crying a bit if one allows oneself to be tamed.
From The Little Prince
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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.
From Night Flight
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I wonder,” he said, “whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again...
From The Little Prince
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You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water...
From The Little Prince: Library Edition
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Those who pass by us, do not go alone, and do not leave us alone; they leave a bit of themselves, and take a little of us.
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Behind all seen things lies something vaster; everything is but a path, a portal or a window opening on something other than iteself.
From Wind, Sand and Stars
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Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them
From The Little Prince
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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.
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And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me.
From The Little Prince
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The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.
From The Little Prince
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What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well...
From The Little Prince
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If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
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The house, the stars, the desert -- what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible!
From The Little Prince
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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.
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No one is ever satisfied where he is.
From The Little Prince
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Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.
From The Little Prince
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Action and personal happiness have no truck with each other; they are eternally at war.
From Night Flight
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No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born.
From Flight To Arras
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People where you live," the little prince said, "grow five thousand roses in one garden... yet they don't find what they're looking for...

They don't find it," I answered.

And yet what they're looking for could be found in a single rose, or a little water..."

Of course," I answered.

And the little prince added, "But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.
From The Little Prince
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I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him but what he thinks of himself. Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.
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I should have based my judgement upon deeds and not words.
From The Little Prince
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Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
From Le Petit Prince
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It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.
From The Little Prince
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I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of crying a bit if one allows oneself to be tamed.
From The Little Prince
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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.
From Night Flight
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I wonder,” he said, “whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again...
From The Little Prince
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You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water...
From The Little Prince: Library Edition
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Those who pass by us, do not go alone, and do not leave us alone; they leave a bit of themselves, and take a little of us.
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Behind all seen things lies something vaster; everything is but a path, a portal or a window opening on something other than iteself.
From Wind, Sand and Stars
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Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them
From The Little Prince
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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.
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And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me.
From The Little Prince
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The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.
From The Little Prince
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What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well...
From The Little Prince
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If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
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The house, the stars, the desert -- what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible!
From The Little Prince
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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.
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No one is ever satisfied where he is.
From The Little Prince
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Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.
From The Little Prince
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Action and personal happiness have no truck with each other; they are eternally at war.
From Night Flight
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No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born.
From Flight To Arras
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People where you live," the little prince said, "grow five thousand roses in one garden... yet they don't find what they're looking for...

They don't find it," I answered.

And yet what they're looking for could be found in a single rose, or a little water..."

Of course," I answered.

And the little prince added, "But eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart.
From The Little Prince
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I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him but what he thinks of himself. Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.
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I should have based my judgement upon deeds and not words.
From The Little Prince
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Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
From Le Petit Prince
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It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.
From The Little Prince
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