「さようなら」とキツネは言った。「お別れにとっておきの秘訣を、とっても簡単なヒケツだよ、いいかい？ 心でしか、正しくものを見ることはできない。肝心な点は目には見えない」「かんじんなてんは、めにはみえない」、王子さまは忘れないように繰り返した。「薔薇に世話を焼いた分だけ、その薔薇はきみにとって大切なものになる」「ばらにせわをやいたぶんだけ、このばらはぼくにとって――」、王子さまは忘れないように声に出した。 - サンテグジュペリ (1900 - 44): 『小さな王子さま［星の王子さま］』第21章
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"Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." "What is essential is invisible to the eye," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember. "It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important." "It is the time I have wasted for my rose--" said the little prince, so that he would be sure to remember. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900 - 44): The Little Prince [Le Petit Prince] CHAPTER 21
![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)
![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: The first and best [greatest] victory is to conquer self [yourself]; to be conquered by self [yourself] is of all things most shameful and vile.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/book-2127252_640-100x67.jpg)
