小王子（花刺有什么用？）

小王子经典语录：

    “那么刺有什么用呢？”
    小王子一旦提出了问题，从来不会放过。这个该死的螺丝使我很恼火，我于是就随便回答了他一句：
    “刺么，什么用都没有，这纯粹是花的恶劣表现。”
    “噢！”
    可是他沉默了一会儿之后，怀着不满的心情冲我说：
    “我不信！花是弱小的、淳朴的，它们总是设法保护自己，以为有了刺就可以显出自己的厉害…”
    我默不作声。我当时想的，如果这个螺丝再和我作对，我就一锤子敲掉它。

小王子英文版：

"The thorns-- what use are they?"
The little prince never let go of a question, once he had asked it. As for me, I was upset over that bolt. And I answered with the first thing that came into my head:
"The thorns are of no use at all. Flowers have thorns just for spite!"
"Oh!"
There was a moment of complete silence. Then the little prince flashed back at me, with a kind of resentfulness:
"I don't believe you! Flowers are weak creatures. They are nature. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe that their thorns are terrible weapons..."

I did not answer. At that instant I was saying to myself: "If this bolt still won't turn, I am going to knock it out with the hammer."

小王子葡语版：

- Para que servem os espinhos?

O principezinho jamais renunciava a uma pergunta, depois que a tivesse feito. Mas eu estava irritado com o parafuso e respondi qualquer coisa:

- Espinho não serve para nada. São pura maldade das flores. 

- Oh! Mas após um silêncio, ele me disse com uma espécie de rancor:

Não acredito! As flores são fracas. ingênuas. Defendem-se como podem. Elas se julgam terríveis com os seus espinhos ... Não respondi. Naquele instante eu pensava: "Se esse parafuso ainda resiste, vou fazê-lo saltar a martelo".