Цитаты из книги «Маленький принц / The Little Prince»

magnificent planet. “Your planet is very beautiful,” he said. “Has it any oceans?”“I can’t tell you,” said the geographer.“Ah!” The little prince was disappointed. “Has it any mountains?”“I can’t tell you,” said the geographer.“And towns, and rivers, and deserts?”“I can’t tell you that, either.”“But you are a geographer!” “Exactly,” the geographer said. “But I am not an explorer.

That is very interesting,” said the little prince. “Here at last is a man who has a real profession!”

Where do you come from?” the old gentleman said to him. “What is that big book?” said the little prince. “What are you doing?”“I am a geographer,” said the old gentleman.“What is a geographer?” asked the little prince. “A geographer is a scholar who knows the location of all the seas, rivers, towns, mountains, and deserts.”

Oh, look! Here is an explorer!” he exclaimed to himself when he saw the little prince. The little prince sat down on the table. He traveled so much and so far!

The sixth planet was ten times larger than the last one. It was inhabited by an old gentleman who wrote voluminous books.

The businessman opened his mouth, but he found nothing to say in answer. And the little prince went away. “The grown-ups are certainly extraordinary,”

The little prince was still not satisfied.

The little prince’s ideas were very different from those of the grown-ups.

I myself own a flower,” he continued his conversation with the businessman, “which I water every day. I own three volcanoes, which I clean out every week (I also clean out the one that is extinct; one never knows). It is good for my volcanoes, and it is good for my flower, I really own them. But there is no good for your stars.” The businessman opened his mouth, but he found nothing to say in answer. And the little prince went away.

“Yes, that is true,” said the little prince. “And what do you do with them?” “I administer them,” replied the businessman. “I count them and recount them. It is difficult. But I am a man who is naturally interested in matters of consequence.”