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The Little Prince

Book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 40 quotes · The Little Prince, Love, Il Piccolo Principe

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“So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the time for him to leave was approaching: "Oh!", said the fox. "I am going to cry." "It's your own fault," said the little prince. "I never wished you any harm; but you wanted me to tame you..." "I know," said the fox. "And now you're going to cry!" said the little prince. "I know," said the fox. "So you have gained nothing from it at all!" "Yes, I have gained something," said the fox, "because of the colour of the corn.”

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“Why are you drinking? - the little prince asked. - In order to forget - replied the drunkard. - To forget what? - inquired the little prince, who was already feeling sorry for him. - To forget that I am ashamed - the drunkard confessed, hanging his head. - Ashamed of what? - asked the little prince who wanted to help him. - Ashamed of drinking! - concluded the drunkard, withdrawing into total silence. And the little prince went away, puzzled. 'Grown-ups really are very, very odd', he said to himself as he continued his journey.”

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“Il pianeta appresso era abitato da un ubriacone. Questa visita fu molto breve, ma immerse il piccolo principe in una grande malinconia. «Che cosa fai?» chiese all'ubriacone che stava in silenzio davanti a una collezione di bottiglie vuote e a una collezione di bottiglie piene. «Bevo», rispose, in tono lugubre, l'ubriacone. «Perché bevi?» domandò il piccolo principe. «Per dimenticare», rispose l'ubriacone. "Per dimenticare che cosa?» s'informò il piccolo principe che cominciava già a compiangerlo. «Per dimenticare che ho vergogna», confessò l'ubriacone abbassando la testa. «Vergogna di che?» insistette il piccolo principe che desiderava soccorrerlo. «Vergogna di bere!» e l'ubriacone si chiuse in un silenzio definitivo. Il piccolo principe se ne andò perplesso. I grandi, decisamente, sono molto, molto bizzarri, si disse durante il viaggio.”

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“Buon giorno», disse il piccolo principe. «Buon giorno», disse il mercante. Era un mercante di pillole perfezionate che calmavano la sete... Se ne inghiottiva una alla settimana e non si sentiva più il bisogno di bere. «Perché vendi questa roba?» disse il piccolo principe. «E' una grossa economia di tempo», disse il mercante. «Gli esperti hanno fatto dei calcoli. Si risparmia1no cinquantatré minuti alla settimana». «E che cosa se ne fa di questi cinquantatré minuti?» «Se ne fa quel che si vuole...» «Io», disse il piccolo principe, «se avessi cinquantatré minuti da spendere, camminerei adagio adagio verso una fontana...»”

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“Ah! Sei qui...» E mi prese per mano. Ma ancora si tormentava: «Hai avuto torto. Avrai dispiacere. Sembrerò morto e non sarà vero...» Io stavo zitto. «Capisci? E' troppo lontano. Non posso portare appresso il mio corpo. E' troppo pesante». Io stavo zitto. «Ma sarà come una vecchia scorza abbandonata. Non sono tristi le vecchie scorze...» Io stavo zitto. Si scoraggiò un poco. Ma fece ancora uno sforzo: «Sara' bello, sai. Anch'io guarderò le stelle. Tutte le stelle saranno dei pozzi con una carrucola arrugginita. Tutte le stelle mi verseranno da bere...» Io stavo zitto. «Sarà talmente divertente! Tu avrai cinquecento milioni di sonagli, io avrò cinquecento milioni di fontane...» E tacque anche lui perché piangeva.”

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“All men have stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems... But all these stars are silent. You-You alone will have stars as no one else has them... In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars will be laughing when you look at the sky at night..You, only you, will have stars that can laugh! And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known me... You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure... It will be as if, in place of the stars, I had given you a great number of little bells that knew how to laugh”

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“My life is very monotonous," the fox said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored. But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life. I shall know the sound of a step that will be different from all the others. Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground. Yours will call me, like music, out of my burrow. And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder? I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the color of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat...”

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“It would have been better to come back at the same hour," said the fox. "If, for example, you come at four o'clock in the afternoon, then at three o'clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o'clock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you...”

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