Quotes by Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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

A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with >>

When you give yourself, you receive more than you give. >>

Quotations about Defeat

A man can be destroyed but not defeated. >>

Defeat doesn't finish a man -- quit does. A man is not finished when h >>

Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bus >>

Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the signs of victory, not of defeat. Victory is a thing of action. It is a house in the act of being built. Every participant in victory sweats and puffs, carrying the stones for the building of the house. But defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom. And above all of futility.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De