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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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

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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Another quote from the 1940s

As always, victory will have a hundred fathers, but defeat will never be acknowledged by anyone at all.

Galeazzo Ciano

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Topic
Taking credit Winning and losing Winning Losing

Author

Galeazzo Ciano
Medium
Personal journal
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Italian
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Ciano, Galeazzo. Diary entry. 9 Sept. 1942.

Another quote from 1943

I am condemned to be free.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Being and Nothingness

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Topic
Downsides of freedom Freedom

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre
Source
Being and Nothingness
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
French
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Le etre et le neant: Essai d'ontologie phenomenologique [Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology]. Librairie Gallimard, 1943, pt. 4, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Being and Nothingness, translated by Sarah Richmond. Washington Square Press, 2021, pt. 4, ch. 1.

Another quote originally in French

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

Voltaire

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Topic
Approaching death

Author

Voltaire
Language
French
Time
1778 1770s 18th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Voltaire. Note to his secretary, Jean-Louis Wagniere. 28 Feb. 1778.