- "Then you shall judge yourself," the king answered. That is the most difficult thing of all. It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom."
- "I am drinking," replied the tippler, with a lugubrious air.
- "Why are you drinking?", demanded the little prince.
- "So that I may forget," replied the tippler.
- "Forget what?" inquired the little prince, who was already sorry for him.
- "Forget that I am ashamed", the tippler confessed, hanging his head.
- "Ashamed of what?", insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him.
- "Ashamed of drinking!" The tippler brought his speech to an end, and (?) him up in an impregnable silence.
- "Oh. no. Little golden objects that set lazy men to idle dreaming. As for me, I am concerned with matters of consequence. There is no time for idle dreaming in my life."
- "The orders have not been changed," said the lamplighter. "That is the tragedy! From year to year the planet has turned more rapidly and the orders have not been changed!"
- "That doesn't do me much good," said the lamplighter. "The one thing I love in life is sleep."
- "Good morning," he said courteously.
- "Good morning-Good morning-Good morning," answered the echo.
- "Who are you?" said the little prince.
- "Who are you—Who are you—Who are you? answered the echo.
- _"Be my friends. I am all alone,_" he said.
- "I am all alone—all alone—all alone," answered the echo.
- "Just that", said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need to of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me..."
- "One only understand things that one tames", said the fox. "Men have no more time to understand anything..."
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