No matter how old you are, surely you have heard of The Little Prince (Le petit prince), the most famous novel by the French writer Antoine de Saint Exupéry and the most translated and read French book in history.
Despite being considered a children’s book, this work has become mandatory reading, as it provides countless universal values and basic lessons for life.
The novel tells the story of a pilot who is lost in the Sahara desert after his plane suffered a breakdown, but to his surprise, he meets a little prince from another planet who will teach him to look at the world with different eyes. and to delve into the most essential issues of human nature through simple actions. In this way, the novel takes a walk through the universal values of humanity such as hope, effort, commitment, love and happiness through the little things in life.
10 famous phrases from ‘The Little Prince’
– “All older people were children at first, although few of them remember it.”
-“The first love is loved more, the others are loved better”.
-“Walking in a straight line one cannot get very far”.
-“I wonder if the stars light up so that one day, each one can find his own”.
“It was the time you spent with your rose that made it so important.”
-“If you tame me, we will need each other. You will be the only one in the world for me. I will be the only one in the world for you”.
-“It is much more difficult to judge yourself than to judge others. If you manage to judge yourself well, you are a true sage”.
-“It will be necessary for me to support two or three caterpillars if I want to know the butterflies”.
.- “Only with the heart can one see well; what is essential is invisible to the eyes.”
-“It’s crazy to hate all the roses because one pricked you. To give up all your dreams because one of them didn’t come true.”
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