Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Little Prince

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Topic

What really matters The heart Perception Reason and emotion

Speaker

Fox

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Source

The Little Prince

Language

French

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

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Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Le Petit Prince [The Little Prince]. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943, ch. 21.

Experience shows us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Topic

Nature of love Love Relationships

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Source

Wind, Sand and Stars

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

French

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Terre des hommes [Wind, Sand and Stars]. Gallimard, 1939.

Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life…but what is that something?

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Topic

What really matters Value of life

Speaker

Riviere

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Source

Night Flight

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Question

Language

French

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

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Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Vol de Nuit [Night Flight]. Éditions Gallimard, 1931, ch. 14.

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Little Prince

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Topic

Adults and children

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Source

The Little Prince

Statement Type

Irony

Language

French

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Le Petit Prince [The Little Prince]. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943, ch. 1.