Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (officially Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry (29 June 1900 - 31 July 1944) was a French aristocrat, writer, poet, and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of several of France's highest literary awards and also won the U.S. National Book Award. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) and for his lyrical aviation writings, including Wind, Sand and Stars (Terre des Hommes) and Night Flight (Vol de Nuit).
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Antoine de Saint-Exupery: Don't undermine a man's self-respect.
I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes.
What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself.
To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.
Tuesday Jul 4, 2017
Antoine de Saint-Exupery: The heart
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
