The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

I am entitled to command obedience because my orders are reasonable.'

If you command your subjects to jump into the ocean, there will be a revolution. 'Authority is based first of all upon reason.

'One must command from each what each can perform,' the king went on.

Mais j'attendrai, dans ma science du gouvernement, que les conditions soient favorables. J'ai le droit d'exiger l'obéissance parce que mes ordres sont raisonnables.Īlors mon coucher de soleil ? rappela le petit prince qui jamais n'oubliait une question une fois qu'il l'avait posée. Si tu ordonnes à ton peuple d'aller se jeter à la mer, il fera la révolution.

Il faut exiger de chacun ce que chacun peut donner, reprit le roi.

If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom. It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. 'That is the most difficult thing of all.

'Then you shall judge yourself,' the king answered.

Si tu réussis à bien te juger, c'est que tu es un véritable sage. Il est bien plus difficile de se juger soi-même que de juger autrui.

Tu te jugeras donc toi-même, lui répondit le roi.

One should simply look at them and breathe their fragrance.'

'I should never have listened to her,' he confided to me one day, 'One should never listen to the flowers.

J'aurais dû ne pas l'écouter, me confia-t-il un jour, il ne faut jamais écouter les fleurs.

When he has finished getting himself ready in the morning, he must go get the planet ready.

Quand on a terminé sa toilette du matin, il faut faire soigneusement la toilette de la planète.

If somebody wants a sheep, that is proof that somebody exists.

Quand on veut un mouton, c'est la preuve qu'on existe.

Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

Les grandes personnes ne comprennent jamais rien toutes seules, et c'est fatigant, pour les enfants, de toujours et toujours leur donner des explications.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly What is essential is invisible to the eye. Despite its style as a children's book, The Little Prince makes observations about life and human nature. The story follows a young prince who visits various planets in space, including Earth, and addresses themes of loneliness, friendship, love, and loss. Le Petit Prince (1943) is a novel by Antoine de Saint Exupéry, translated into English as The Little Prince.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry