"Certainly. When you find a diamond that belongs to nobody, it is yours. When you discover an island that belongs to nobody, it is yours. When you get an idea before any one else, you take out a patent on it: it is yours. So with me: I own the stars, because nobody else before me ever thought of owning them."
"If I owned a silk scarf," he said, "I could put it around my neck and take it away with me. If I owned a flower, I could pluck that flower and take it away with me. But you cannot pluck the stars from heaven…"
"No. But I can put them in the bank."
"Whatever does that mean?"
"That means that I write the number of my stars on a little paper. And then I put this paper in a drawer and lock it with a key."
"And that is all?"
"That is enough," said the businessman.
第四个星球是商人的世界，
每天在数字和占有中度过。
不过，
无论是小王子的玫瑰花，火山，面包树，
还是商人的注册专利的星星，，
有哪一个是真正属于我们自己的呢?
在无常面前，
一切都不存在的。
TheLittlePrince小王子 第十三章
转:
idle dream 痴心妄想
matters of consequence正经事
be of use to sb.对某人有用
想象小王子打扫火山的样子觉得很可爱
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