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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French writer, poet, pioneering aviator, and journalist.
He is best known for his novella The Little Prince, which has been translated into over 300 languages and is one of the best-selling books ever published.
Saint-Exupéry was born in Lyon, France, on June 29, 1900.
He joined the French Air Force in 1921 and flew reconnaissance missions during World War II.
He disappeared in a plane crash over the Mediterranean Sea on July 31, 1944.
Saint-Exupéry was a complex and talented individual who left behind a lasting legacy through his writing and his work as an aviator.

That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man.

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What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.

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When someone blushes, doesn't that mean 'yes'?

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I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of crying a bit if one allows oneself to be tamed.

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The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.

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Love consists of not looking each other in the eye, but of looking outwardly in the same direction.

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But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you.

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True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.

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And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

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If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers...

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If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.

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I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings.

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