If France is to be judged, judge her not by the effects of her defeat but by her readiness to sacrifice herself. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom, and above all futility. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
The strong are strengthened by reverses; the trouble is that the true meaning of events scores next to nothing in the match… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“One nation is weakened by a victory, another finds new forces in defeat” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas. Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. I… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the signs of… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“For after all, why do we go on fighting? If we die for democracy then we must be one of the democracies.… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share
Treason implies responsibility for something, control over something, influence upon something, knowledge of something. Treason in our time is a proof of genius. Why,… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share
“perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share
“But for fear of disheartening them, we also spoke to them of disappointments and the bitter taste that rest has after a useless action.… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share
“If you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share
Once we are bound together to our brothers by a common good that is outside us, then we can breathe. Experience teaches us that… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share
“The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share
“You are beautiful but you are empty. One could not die for you” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share
“And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share
“You are not at all like my rose," he said. "As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you, and you have tamed… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share
“Stretched out before the fire I looked at the glowing fruit and said to myself that men did not know what an orange was.… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share
