• We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  French writer 1900-1944
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. essential
2. cathedral
3. qualities
4. define

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We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men. by : Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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