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Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!

Jules Verne

So is man’s heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world.
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Creature Desire Establishment Heart Man Performance Survive World
Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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Best Friendship Ourselves Sleep Wait
Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
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Capability Imagination Man Oneself
Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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Best Listening Necessary Oneself Teaching
If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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Deep Fear Lightning Man Nature Philosophy Thunder
Science, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make, for they lead step by step to the truth.
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Errors Man Mistake Right Science Truth
As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life.
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Body Creature Heart Life Need Soul Togetherness
All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.
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Accomplishment Impossible Inspirational Motivational
Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.
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Beyond Endurance Human Pain Solitude
He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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Himself Spirit Travel
In presence of Nature’s grand convulsions man is powerless.
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Man Nature Power Presence
What I’d like to be above all is a writer.
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Dreams Job Myself Writing
Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
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Himself Identity Possible
I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.
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Believe Cat Earth Fantasy Myself Spirit Walk
There is hope for the future, and when the world is ready for a new and better life, all these things will some day come to pass, – in God’s good time.
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Better Future God Goodness Hope Life Time World
Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.
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Oneself Poet Proverb

Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!

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