"It is the savor of bread broken with comrades that makes us accept the values of war."
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"He who bears in his heart a cathedral to be built is already victorious. He who seeks to become sexton of a finished cathedral is already defeated."
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"When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey."
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"If France is to be judged, judge her not by the effects of her defeat but by her readiness to sacrifice herself."
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"Perfection is reachednot when there's nothing to add, but when there's nothing to take away."
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"What torments me is not the humps nor hollows nor the ugliness. It is the sight, a little bit in all these men, of Mozart murdered."
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"Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less."
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"Prison is not a mere physical horror. It is using a pickaxe to no purpose that makes a prison."
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"I am a fox", the fox said."
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"Good taste" is a virtue of the keepers of museums. If you scorn bad taste, you will have neither painting nor dancing, neither palaces nor gardens."
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"Si quelqu'un veut un mouton, c'est la preuve qu'il en existe un. (If somebody wants a sheep, that is a proof that one exists.)"
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"How is it possible for one to own the stars?" "To whom do they belong?" the businessman retorted, peevishly. "I don't know. To nobody."
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"One must observe the proper rites."
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"Vain is the hope of finding pleasure in that which one has hitherto disdained; as when the warrior hopes to find pleasure in the joys of the sedentaries."
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"Grown ups are certainly very strange."
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"When faith burns itself out, 'tis God who dies and thenceforth proves unavailing."
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"What have you come to Earth for?' 'I'm having difficulties with a flower,' the little prince said. 'Ah!' said the snake. And they were both silent."
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"Why are you drinking? demanded the little prince. "So that I may forget," replied the tippler. "Forget what?" inquired the little prince, who was already sorry for him. "Forget that I am ashamed," the tippler confessed, hanging his head. "Ashamed of what?" insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him. "Ashamed of drinking!"
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