June 29

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

How is the world ruled and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read. ~ Karl Kraus

• selected by Kalki

2005

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (born 29 June 1900)

• proposed by MosheZadka

2006

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

• proposed by Kalki

2007

"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed." ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

• proposed by Kalki

2008

Here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

• proposed by Kalki

2009

What makes the desert beautiful ... is that somewhere it hides a well. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in The Little Prince

• proposed by Kalki

2010

Suggestions

Sad soul, take comfort, nor forget
That sunrise never failed us yet. ~ Celia Thaxter

• 4 Zarbon 04:06, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 18:07, 27 June 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
• 3 InvisibleSun 23:15, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

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Already the dandelions
Are changed into vanishing ghosts. ~ Celia Thaxter

• 3 Zarbon 04:06, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 18:07, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 23:15, 28 June 2008 (UTC)