Quotes by Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is >>

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A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly >>

Quotations about Escapism

What fugitive from his country can also escape from himself. >>

Leave everything. Leave Dada. Leave your wife. Leave your mistress. Le >>

Man staggers through life yapped at by his reason, pulled and shoved b >>

There is a cheap literature that speaks to us of the need of escape. It is true that when we travel we are in search of distance. But distance is not to be found. It melts away. And escape has never led anywhere. The moment a man finds that he must play the races, go the Arctic, or make war in order to feel himself alive, that man has begin to spin the strands that bind him to other men and to the world. But what wretched strands! A civilization that is really strong fills man to the brim, though he never stir. What are we worth when motionless, is the question.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De