--- title: "7 Little Boy Quotes By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry" description: "7 Little Boy quotes by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Plus more from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and more Little Boy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2e/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_foxes_that-s-right-the-fox-said-for-me-you-re_935820.png" --- > [“that's right," the fox said. For me you're only a little boy just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/that-s-right-the-fox-said-for-me-you-re-only-a-little-boy-just-like-a/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2e/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_foxes_that-s-right-the-fox-said-for-me-you-re_935820.png) > [“To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/to-me-you-are-still-nothing-more-than-a-little-boy-who-is-just-like-a/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_foxes_to-me-you-are-still-nothing-more-than-a_1183533.png) > [“That's right' said the fox. 'To me, you are still just a little boy like a hundred thousand other little boys. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/that-s-right-said-the-fox-to-me-you-are-still-just-a-little-boy-like/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_foxes_that-s-right-said-the-fox-to-me-you-are_1845922.jpg) > [I am looking for friends. What does that mean -- tame?" "It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/i-am-looking-for-friends-what-does-that-mean-tame-it-is-an-act-too/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_boys_i-am-looking-for-friends-what-does-that_2126721.png) > [“Who are you?” asked the little prince, and added, “You are very pretty to look at.” “I am a fox,” said the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/who-are-you-asked-the-little-prince-and-added-you-are-very-pretty-to/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fd/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_little-boys_who-are-you-asked-the-little-prince-and_2359120.png) > [“To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/to-me-you-are-still-nothing-more-than-a-little-boy-who-is-just-like-a-2/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_foxes_to-me-you-are-still-nothing-more-than-a_3137453.jpg) > [“For me you're only a little boy just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/for-me-you-re-only-a-little-boy-just-like-a-hundred-thousand-other/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbf/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174_foxes_for-me-you-re-only-a-little-boy-just-lik_3227441.jpg) ## Other authors on Little Boy ## More by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/if-you-want-to-build-a-ship-don-t-drum-up-the-men-to-gather-wood/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/a-rock-pile-ceases-to-be-a-rock-pile-the-moment-a-single-man/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [Treason implies responsibility for something, control over something, influence upon something, knowledge of something. Treason in our time is a proof of genius. Why,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/treason-implies-responsibility-for-something-control-over-something/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [“perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/perfection-is-finally-attained-not-when-there-is-no-longer-anything/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [“But for fear of disheartening them, we also spoke to them of disappointments and the bitter taste that rest has after a useless action.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/but-for-fear-of-disheartening-them-we-also-spoke-to-them-of/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [“If you come at four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/if-you-come-at-four-in-the-afternoon-i-ll-begin-to-be-happy-by-three/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [Once we are bound together to our brothers by a common good that is outside us, then we can breathe. Experience teaches us that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/once-we-are-bound-together-to-our-brothers-by-a-common-good-that-is/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [“The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/the-stars-are-beautiful-because-of-a-flower-that-cannot-be-seen/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [“You are beautiful but you are empty. One could not die for you”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/you-are-beautiful-but-you-are-empty-one-could-not-die-for-you/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [“And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/and-the-fox-said-to-the-little-prince-men-have-forgotten-this-truth/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/and-now-here-is-my-secret-a-very-simple-secret-it-is-only-with-the/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [Flying is a man's job and its worries are a man's worries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/flying-is-a-man-s-job-and-its-worries-are-a-man-s-worries/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [“You are not at all like my rose," he said. "As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you, and you have tamed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/you-are-not-at-all-like-my-rose-he-said-as-yet-you-are-nothing-no-one/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [Loneliness is bred of a mind that has grown earth-bound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/loneliness-is-bred-of-a-mind-that-has-grown-earth-bound/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) > [“Stretched out before the fire I looked at the glowing fruit and said to myself that men did not know what an orange was.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/stretched-out-before-the-fire-i-looked-at-the-glowing-fruit-and-said/) [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/little-boy/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/#itemlist", "name": "7 Little Boy Quotes By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“that's right,\" the fox said. 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