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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Little Prince

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  • Xuraman Memmedovaцитирует5 лет назад
    I have serious reason to believe that the planet from which the little prince came is the asteroid known as B-612.

    This asteroid has only once been seen through the telescope. That was by a Turkish astronomer, in 1909.

    On making his discovery, the astronomer had presented it to the International Astronomical Congress, in a great demonstration. But he was in Turkish costume, and so nobody would believe what he said.

    Grown-ups are like that...

    Fortunately, however, for the reputation of Asteroid B-612, a Turkish dictator made a law that his subjects, under pain of death, should change to European costume. So in 1920 the astronomer gave his demonstration all over again, dressed with impressive style and elegance. And this time everybody accepted his report.
  • em 💌цитируетв прошлом году
    All men have the stars,” he answered, “but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems. For my businessman they were wealth. But all these stars are silent. You – you alone – will have the stars as no one else has them – ”
  • em 💌цитируетв прошлом году
    So then I made a pencil sketch of a muzzle. And as I gave it to him my heart was torn
  • em 💌цитируетв прошлом году
    But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart
  • em 💌цитируетв прошлом году
    “It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important
  • em 💌цитируетв прошлом году
    For at least his work has some meaning. When he lights his street lamp, it is as if he brought one more star to life, or one flower. When he puts out his lamp, he sends the flower, or the star, to sleep. That is a beautiful occupation. And since it is beautiful, it is truly useful.”
  • em 💌цитируетв прошлом году
    Conceited people never hear anything but praise
  • em 💌цитируетв прошлом году
    For, to conceited men, all other men are admirers
  • em 💌цитируетв прошлом году
    “that is the most difficult thing of all. It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.”
  • em 💌цитируетв прошлом году
    It is such a secret place, the land of tears
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