+40 Phrases of the Little Prince that you cannot miss

The Little Prince is a classic created by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry that practically everyone should read it sometime. Although it is currently becoming very popular on social media, this is a short novel released in 1946; which means that it has been around for a long time and that surely all people who know it have heard of it.

The best phrases of the little prince

Some of the things that stand out most of this classic novel are the phrases of the little prince, some of them loaded with great messages despite being aimed at a child audience. However, I think that it is rather created that way to teach us adults many things that we tend to ignore; so I recommend that you read the book or watch the movie (in case you don't like to read) as soon as possible.

Here are the most outstanding phrases, which talk about topics such as the love, friendship, reflection, improvement, among others:

• “Here is my secret, which could not be simpler: only with the heart can one see well; The essential is invisible to the eyes".
• "And when you have consoled yourself (one always ends up being consoled) you will be glad you met me."
• "The men? The wind carries them, since they have no roots and not having them causes them bitterness ”.
• "You are forever responsible for what you have tamed."
• "The little prince, who asked me many questions, never seemed to hear mine."
• "The men of your planet," said the little prince, "grow five thousand roses in the same garden ... yet they cannot find what they are looking for."
• "Only things that are domesticated are well known"
• "One is exposed to crying a little, if one has allowed himself to be tamed."
• "No one is ever happy where they are."

• “You are still for me no more than a little boy equal to a hundred thousand other boys. And I don't need you. You don't need me either. I am only a fox to you among a hundred thousand other such foxes. But if you tame me, then we will need each other. You will be the only one in the world for me, I will be the only one in the world for you ... "
• "Men occupy very little space on Earth ... Older people will not believe them, surely, because they always imagine that they occupy a lot of space."
• "You know? When you are really sad you like to see the sunsets ”.
• "I thought I was rich with a unique flower and it turns out that I have nothing but an ordinary rose."
• "What is a rite? It is what makes one day different from the others and one hour from the others ”.
• "Maybe water can also be good for the heart."
• “All humanity could be accumulated on the smallest island in the Pacific. It is clear, adults will not believe it, because they think that they occupy a lot of space that they are very important, as much as baobabs ”.
• "For the vain all other men are admirers."
• “It's crazy to hate all roses just because one of them pricked you. Give up all your dreams just because one of them didn't come true. "

• "It's really useful because it's cute."
• “It is much more difficult to judge yourself than to judge others. If you can judge yourself well, you are a true sage. "
• “Only children know what they are looking for. They waste time with a rag doll that is the most important thing for them and if they take it away, they cry ... "
• “It will be necessary for me to support two or three caterpillars, if I want to know the butterflies; I think they are very beautiful. If not, who will come to visit me? You will be far away. As for beasts, I am not afraid of them: I have my claws ”.
• "It was the time you spent with your rose that made it so important."
• “I have always liked the desert. One can sit on a dune, nothing is seen, nothing is heard and yet something shines in the silence ... "
• "The beauty of the desert is that it hides a well anywhere."
• "Each one must be asked what is within their power to do."
• “If you come, for example, at four in the afternoon; from three o'clock I would start to be happy ”.

• "If I ordered - he said frequently -, if I ordered a general to transform himself into a seabird and the general did not obey me, the fault would not be the general, but mine."
• “I know a planet where a very red man lives. He has never smelled a flower. He has never seen a star. He has never loved anyone. He has never done anything that sums. He spends his day saying, just like you: “I'm a serious man! I'm a serious man! ”, Which makes him puff up with pride. But that is not a man, it is a mushroom! "
• "When a mystery is too impressive, it is impossible to disobey".
• "Words are a source of misunderstandings."
• “And what use is it to possess the stars? -It helps me to be rich. -And what's the use of being rich? -It helps me to buy more stars ”.
• “I lived a lot with older people and I have known them very closely; but this has not greatly improved my opinion of them ”.
• "And men have no imagination, they repeat what you tell them."
• “It was but a fox like a hundred thousand others. But I made him my friend and now he is unique in the world ”.
• "I wonder if the stars light up so that one day, everyone can find their own."

• "Older people are never able to understand things for themselves, and it is very boring for children to have to explain them over and over again."
• "If someone loves a flower of which there is only more than one specimen among the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy when he looks at the stars."
• “Older people like numbers. When they are told about a new friend, they never ask about the essence of it. It never occurs to them to ask what tone is your voice? What games do you prefer? Do you like to collect butterflies? But instead they ask: How old is he? How many brothers? How much does it weigh? How much does your father earn? " Only with these details do they think they know him ”.
• "All the grown-ups have been children first (but few remember it)"
• "I drink to forget that I am a drunk"
• "It's so mysterious, the land of tears…"
• “You should never listen to flowers. Only the look and smell should. Mine perfumed my planet, but I was not able to be happy about it ”.
• “Men no longer have time to know anything; they buy ready-made things from merchants; but since there are no merchants of friends, men, men no longer have friends ”.
• "Walking in a straight line you can't get very far."

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