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

On ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Little Prince

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What really matters The heart Perception Reason and emotion

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Fox

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Source

The Little Prince

Language

French

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

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

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This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

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Winston Churchill
Medium
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Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Churchill, Winston. Speech at the Mansion House. Lord Mayor's Luncheon. 10 Nov. 1942, Mansion House, London, England, UK.

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Another quote from 1943

I doubt whether any of these people, with their academic or dogmatic hatred of war, detest it as much as I do. They probably have not seen the bodies rotting on the ground and smelled the stench of decaying human flesh...What separates me from the pacifists is that I hate the Nazis more than I hate war.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Pacifism and nonviolence War

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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

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Another quote originally in French

To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand; it is the cruelest trial reserved for self-devotion; it is what must have oftenest wrung the heart of the Son of man; and if God could suffer, it would be the wound we should be forever inflicting upon Him. He also-He above all-is the great misunderstood, the least comprehended.

Henri-Frederic Amiel

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Topic
Alienation

Author

Henri-Frederic Amiel
Source
Journals of Henri Frederic Amiel
Medium
Personal journal
Language
French
Time
1849 1840s 19th century
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Citation

Amiel, Henri-Frederic. Journal entry. 27 May 1849.