Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer
Lived from: 1900 - 1944
Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: France
Born: 29 june 1900 Died: 31 july 1944
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The one thing that matters is the effort.
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To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.
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To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.
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Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures-in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together.
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True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.
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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.
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What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.
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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.
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What was my body to me? A kind of flunkey in my service. Let but my anger wax hot, my love grow exalted, my hatred collect in me, and that boasted solidarity between me and my body was gone.
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