Quotes by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

About Antoine de Saint-Exupery:

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) and for his lyrical aviation writings, including Wind, Sand and Stars and Night Flight.
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Perfektion ist erreicht, wenn man nichts mehr wegnehmen kann.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

My star will just be one of the stars, for you. And so you will love to watch all the stars in the heavens...they will all be your friends." -the little prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

He who would travel happily must travel light

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

It is such a secret place, the land of tears. 

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The grandeur of a profession is...above all, uniting men: there is only one true luxury, that of human relationships.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

if a sheep eats bushes does it eat flowers too? a sheep eats whatever it finds even a flower with thorn? even a flower with thorns. then what's the good of thorns?

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

La grandeur d'un métier est peut-être, avant tout, d'unir des hommes (Terre des Hommes, ch. II)

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Author Bio

  • NameAntoine de Saint-Exupery
  • DescriptionFrench writer and aviator
  • AliasesAntoine de Saint-Exupéry; Antoine de Saint Exupéry
  • BornJune 29, 1900
  • DiedJuly 31, 1944
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionAviator; Poet; Novelist; Autobiographer; Journalist; Children's Writer; Essayist; Writer
  • WorksNight Flight
  • AwardsMort Pour La France; Prix Femina; National Book Award; Grand Prix Du Roman De L'Académie Française