How shallow is the stage on which this vast drama of human hates and joys and friendships is played! Whence do men draw this passion for eternity, fl… - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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How shallow is the stage on which this vast drama of human hates and joys and friendships is played! Whence do men draw this passion for eternity, flung by chance as they are upon a scarcely cooled bed of lava, threatened by the beginning by the deserts that are to be, under the constant menace of the snows? Their civilizations are but fragile gildings: a volcano can blot them out, a new sea, a sand-storm.

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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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آدم‌بزرگ‌ها عاشق عدد و رقم اند. وقتی با اونا از یک دوست تازه حرف بزنی، هیچوقت ازتون در مورد چیزهای اساسی سوال نمی‌کنن، هیچوقت نمی‌پرسن آهنگ صداش چطوره؟ چه بازی‌هایی رو دوست داره؟ پروانه جمع می‌کنه یا نه؟
می‌پرسن چندسالشه؟ چندتا برادر داره؟ وزنش چقدره؟ پدرش چقدر حقوق می‌گیره؟
و تازه بعد از این سوالاس که خیال می‌کنن طرف رو شناختن!

اگه به آدم بزرگا بگی که یک خونه قشنگ دیدم از آجر قرمز که جلو پنجره‌هاش غرق گل شمعدونی و بومش پر از کبوتر بود، محاله بتونن مجسمش کنن. باید حتما بهشون گفت یک خونه چندمیلیون‌تومنی دیدم تا صداشون بلند بشه که وای چه قشنگ!

نباید ازشون دلخور شد.بچه ها باید نسبت به آدم بزرگها گذشت داشته باشند.

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world. There is a tendency to class such men with toreadors and gamblers. People extol their contempt for death. But I would not give a fig for anybody's contempt for death. If its roots are not sunk deep in an acceptance of responsibility, this contempt for death is the sign either of an impoverished soul or of youthful extravagance.

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