The Little Prince

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The Little Prince
Written by
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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The Flower
I ought to have judged her by deeds, not by
words. I was too young to know how to love her.
I must endure the presence of two or three
caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with
the butterflies.
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The King
Its much more difficult to judge onself than to
judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself
rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.
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The Conceited Man
Conceited people never hear anything but praise.
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The Drinker
He drinks to forget that hes ashamed, but hes
ashamed because hes a drinker.
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The Businessman
To feel important you need to own lots of things
or things that nobody ever thought of possessing.
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The Lamplighter
Hes the only one of them at all who does not
seems ridiculous.
Perhaps that is because he is thinking of
something else besides himself.
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The Geographer
It is important to take care of things that are
ephemeral.
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Im more powerful than the finger of a king. I
can carry you farther than any ship could take
you.
The Snake
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It is only with the heart that one can see
rightly. What is essential is invisible to the
eye.
You become responsible, forever, for what you
have tamed.
The Fox