To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades.
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Antoine de Saint-ExupéryWind, Sand and Stars (1939)
About Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French aviator and writer, author of The Little Prince. (1900-1944)
More from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.The Little Prince (1943)
- Your task is not to foresee the future, but to enable it.Citadelle, translated as The Wisdom of the Sands (1948)
- A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.Flight to Arras (1942)
- Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.The Little Prince (1943)
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