"It would have been better to come back at the same hour," said the fox. "If, for example, you come at four o' clock in the afternoon, then at three o' clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o' clock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at wha...
Then he went on with his reflections: "I thought that I was rich, with a flower that was unique in all the world; and all I had was a common rose. A common rose, and three volcanos that come up to my knees--and one of them perhaps extinct forever... that doesn't make me a very great prince..."
"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 anyone. 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 very busy with matters of consequence!' And that makes him swell up with pride. But he is not a man--he is a mushroom!"
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