# Quote — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

> You're beautiful, but you're empty.... No one could die for you.

- Author: [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry](https://www.leafyquotes.com/antoine-de-saint-exupery.md)
- Book: [The Little Prince](https://www.leafyquotes.com/antoine-de-saint-exupery/the-little-prince.md)
- Original (fr): Vous êtes belles, mais vous êtes vides.... On ne peut pas mourir pour vous.
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/antoine-de-saint-exupery/the-little-prince/youre-beautiful-but

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> "Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."

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> Only children know what they are looking for.

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> "One must command from each what each can perform," the king went on. "Authority is based first of all upon reason. If you command your subjects to jump into the ocean, there will be a revolution. I am entitled to command obedience because my orders are reasonable."
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> "Then my sunset?" insisted the little prince, who never let go of a question once he had asked it.
>
> "You shall have your sunset. I shall command it. But I shall wait, according to my science of government, until conditions are favorable."

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