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Matters of consequence!
(Ragama church, Ragama, Sri Lanka)
“I know a planet where there is a certain red –faced gentleman.
He has never smelled a flower.
He has never looked at a star.
He has never loved any one.
He has never done anything in his life but add up figures.
And all day he says over and over, just like you: ‘I am busy with matters of consequence!’
And that makes him swell up with pride.
But he is not a man – he is a mushroom!”
“A what?”
“A mushroom!”
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Translated from the French by Katherine Woods
‘The Little Prince,’ 1970
Matters of consequence!
(Ragama church, Ragama, Sri Lanka)
“I know a planet where there is a certain red –faced gentleman.
He has never smelled a flower.
He has never looked at a star.
He has never loved any one.
He has never done anything in his life but add up figures.
And all day he says over and over, just like you: ‘I am busy with matters of consequence!’
And that makes him swell up with pride.
But he is not a man – he is a mushroom!”
“A what?”
“A mushroom!”
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Translated from the French by Katherine Woods
‘The Little Prince,’ 1970