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

Les grandes personnes ne comprennent jamais rien toutes seules, et c’eSt fatigant, pour les enfants, de toujours et toujours leur donner des explications.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Little Prince

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Adults and children

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Source

The Little Prince

Statement Type

Irony

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. 1.

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Time
1943 1940s 20th century
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Honoré de Balzac
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Physiologie du Mariage
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You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing.

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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 3, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 15.

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 15.