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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Quotes: When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth.
         

When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth.


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A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.




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True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.



You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.



I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.

I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.



Language is the source of misunderstandings.

Language is the source of misunderstandings.



But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.



Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.



No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born.

No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born.



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.

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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I mean, really, whatever you woke up worrying about this morning, get over it. How important in the greater scheme of things can it possibly be? Make your peace and move on.



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This page presents the quote "When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wanders a little from the truth.". Author of this quote is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This quote is about life-philosophy, life-lessons,.