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48 quotes by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (French: [ɑ twan də sɛ tɛɡzypeʁi]), officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry [Note 1][Note 2] (29 June 1900 – 31 July 1944) was a French aristocrat, writer, poet, and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of several of France's highest literary awards and also won the U.S. National Book Award. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) and for his...
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True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

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Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

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When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.

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If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the... →

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For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the... →

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A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

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I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of... →

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It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

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You are responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose.

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The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

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The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it.

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