Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life…but what is that something?
In the original French
Si la vie humaine n'a pas de prix, nous agissons toujours comme si quelque chose depassait, en valeur, la vie humaine… Mais quoi?
1931
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De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Vol de Nuit [Night Flight]. Éditions Gallimard, 1931, ch. 14.