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Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Biography - Antoine de Saint-Exupery:

French writer, poet, journalist and aviator.
Born: 1900 - Died: 1944
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
France

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.



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All grown-ups were once children (but only few of them remember it).





As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.





A smile is often the most essential thing. One is repaid by a smile. One is rewarded by a smile. One is animated by a smile.





Intelligence has value only in the service of love.





It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.





Language is a source of misunderstanding.












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