Antoine de Saint-Exupery Top 10 Quotes


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Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Night Flight, 1931)

9

I have to put up with two or three caterpillars if I want to know butterflies.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince, 1943)

8

No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Flight to Arras, 1942)

7

It is idle, having planted an acorn in the morning, to expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of the oak.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939)

6

It's the time you spent on your rose that makes your rose so important.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince, 1943)

5

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Flight to Arras, 1942)

4

The essential things in life are seen not with the eyes, but with the heart.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince, 1943)

3

What makes the desert beautiful is that it hides, somewhere, a well.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince, 1943)

2

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something moulded.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939)

1

To love is not to look at one another: it is to look, together, in the same direction.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939)

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery Biography

Born: June 29, 1900
Died: July 31, 1944

Antoine de Saint-Exupery was a French wrtier, poet and aviator. He is best known for his written works most notably the novella "The Little Prince"

Notable Works

Night Flight (1931)
Wind, Sand and Stars (1939)
Flight to Arras (1942)
The Little Prince (1943)
The Wisdom of the Sands (1948)
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