Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. chapter 1

More from The Little Prince

• Children, I say plainly, "watch out for the baobabs!" chapter 5
• I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them. chapter 1
• The proof that the little prince existed is that he laughed, and that the was looking for a sheep. If anybody wants a sheep, that is a proof that he exists. chapter 4
• When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey. chapter 2
• You know - one loves the sunset, when one is so sad... "Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?" But the little prince made no reply. chapter 6