You're beautiful, but you're empty...One couldn't die for you. Of course, an ordinary passerby would think my rose looked just like you. But my rose,… - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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You're beautiful, but you're empty...One couldn't die for you. Of course, an ordinary passerby would think my rose looked just like you. But my rose, all on her own, is more important than all of you together, since she's the one I've watered. Since she's the one I put under glass, since she's the one I sheltered behind the screen. Since she's the one for whom I killed the caterpillars (except the two or three butterflies). Since she's the one I listened to when she complained, or when she boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing at all. Since she's my rose.

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About Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint Exupéry (29 June 1900 – 31 July 1944) was a French writer, poet and aviator.

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Alternative Names: Antoine de Saint-Exupery Antoine de St. Exupery Saint-Exupery Saint-Exupéry Antoine Marie Roger, Vicomte de Saint-Exupéry Antoine Jean-Baptiste Marie Roger de Saint-Exupéry
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Fais de ta vie un rêve, et d'un rêve, une réalité.

مرۆڤەکان وا بیر دەکەنەوە ئەگەر جارێکی‌تر لەدایک ببنەوە؛ بە شێوەیەکی‌تر دەژین، شاد و بەختەوەر دەبن و کەمتر هەڵە دەکەن. وا بیر دەکەنەوە دەتوانن هەموو شتێک سەر لە نوێ دروست بکەنەوە؛ قایم و بێ‌خەش.
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ئێمە ئەگەر بوێری بە جۆرێکی‌تر ژیان‌کردن‌مان بووایە، ئەگەر دەسەڵاتی گۆڕان‌مان پێ بووایە، ئەگەر مرۆڤی سازان بوواین؛ هەر لێرە بەولاوەی ژیانمان ساز دەکرد.

One never ought to listen to the flowers. One should simply look at them and breathe their fragrance. Mine perfumed all my planet. But I did not know how to take pleasure in all her grace. This tale of claws, which disturbed me so much, should only have filled my heart with tenderness and pity.

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