Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes
I know a planet where there is a certain red-faced gentleman. He has never smelled a flower. He has never looked at a star. He has never loved any one. He has never done anything in his life but add up figures. And all day he says over and over, just like you: 'I am busy with matters of consequence!' And that makes him swell up with pride. But he is not a man - he is a mushroom!
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de. The Little Prince. Translated by Katherine Woods, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943, p. 27.
Note that Herder regarded foreign impressions and learning as not only desirable but important. Most extreme nationalists are xenophobic and fear any knowledge, law, ideas or understandings of other nations and cultures. Even in the United States, there are a few Americans who are terribly distressed whenever one of the participants in a legal case cites an opinion or study done in another country.
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de sainte exupery, simply known as 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 United States National Book Award. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) and for his lyrical aviation writings, including Wind, Sand and Stars and Night Flight.
