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He was tired. He sat down. I sat down beside him. And, after a little silence, he spoke again: "The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen."
— Jan 06, 2016 08:04AM
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Althea J.
is on page 64 of 96
"The men where you live," said the little prince, "raise five thousand roses in the same garden-- and they do not find in it what they are looking for."
"They do not find it," I replied.
"And yet what they are looking for could be found in one single rose, or in a little water."
"Yes, that is true," I said.
And the little prince added: "But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart..."
— Jan 06, 2016 08:06AM
"They do not find it," I replied.
"And yet what they are looking for could be found in one single rose, or in a little water."
"Yes, that is true," I said.
And the little prince added: "But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart..."
Althea J.
is on page 63 of 96
This water was indeed a different thing from ordinary nourishment. Its sweetness was born of the walk under the stars, the song of the pulley, and the effort of my arms. It was good for the heart, like a present.
— Jan 06, 2016 08:05AM
Althea J.
is on page 30 of 96
He was an absolute monarch. But, because he was a very good man, he made his orders reasonable.
"If I ordered a general," he would say, by way of example, "if I ordered a general to change himself into a sea bird, and if the general did not obey me, that would not be the fault of the general. It would be my fault."
— Jan 06, 2016 06:57AM
"If I ordered a general," he would say, by way of example, "if I ordered a general to change himself into a sea bird, and if the general did not obey me, that would not be the fault of the general. It would be my fault."
Althea J.
is on page 29 of 96
"Ah! Here is a subject," exclaimed the king, when he saw the little prince coming.
And the little prince asked himself: "How could he recognize me when he had never seen me before?"
He did not know how the world is simplified for kings. To them, all men are subjects.
— Jan 06, 2016 06:52AM
And the little prince asked himself: "How could he recognize me when he had never seen me before?"
He did not know how the world is simplified for kings. To them, all men are subjects.
