It is such a mysterious place, the land of tears.
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryStichwörter: the-little-prince
Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryStichwörter: philosophy children the-little-prince antoine-de-saint-exupery adults
If a sheep eats bushes does it eat flowers too?
A sheep eats whatever it finds.
Even a flower with thorn?
Even a flower with thorns.
Then what's the good of thorns?
Stichwörter: inspirational wise the-little-prince
C'est tellement mystérieux, le pays des larmes.
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryStichwörter: tears mystery the-little-prince le-petit-prince
What a queer planet!" he thought. "It is altogether dry, and altogether pointed, and altogether harsh and forbidding. And the people have no imagination. They repeat whatever one says to them . . . On my planet I had a flower; she always was the first to speak . . .
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryStichwörter: the-little-prince echo
But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you.
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryStichwörter: time heart the-little-prince antoine-de-saint-exupery
One only understands the things that one tames,” said the fox. “Men have
no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the
shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so
men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me. . .
Stichwörter: friendship humanity the-little-prince
Grown ups never understood anything by themselves. And it is rather tedious to have to explain things to them time and again
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryStichwörter: the-little-prince
Grown-ups love figures. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essentail matters. They never say to you, “What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?” Instead, they demand: “How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?” Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.
If you were to say to the grown-ups: “I saw a beautiful house made of rosy brick, with geraniums in the windows and doves on the roof,” they would not be able to get an idea of that house at all. You have have to say to them: “I saw a house that cost $20,000.” Then they would exclaim: “Oh, what a pretty house that is!
Stichwörter: the-little-prince
Yo me pregunto si las estrellas están encendidas para que cada cual pueda un día encontrar la suya.
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryStichwörter: stars the-little-prince estrellas el-principito
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