The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

‘You know… when one is so terribly sad, one loves sunsets…’ ‘The day you watched those forty-four sunsets, were you that sad?’ I asked. But the little prince made no reply.

‘Then you shall judge yourself,’ answered the king. ‘That is the most difficult thing of all. It is far more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then indeed you are very wise.’