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In a civil war the firing line is invisible, it passes through the hearts of men.

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The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.

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The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them.

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The injustice of defeat lies in the fact that its most innocent victims are made to look like heartless accomplices.

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Your task is not to foresee the future, but to enable it.

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There is no liberty except the liberty of some one making his way towards something. Such a man can be set free if you will teach him the meaning of thirst, and how to trace a path to a well. Only then will he embark upon a course of action that will not be without significance. You could not liberate a stone if there were no law of gravity - for where will the stone go, once it is quarried?

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To be a man is to be responsible: to be ashamed of miseries you did not cause; to be proud of your comrades' victories; to be aware, when setting one stone, that you are building a world.

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Born: June 29, 1900

Died: July 31, 1944 (aged 44)

Bio: Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, Vicomte de Saint-Exupéry was a French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist, and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of several of France's highest literary awards and also won the U.S. National Book Award.

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