The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the ‘Living Infinite.
JULES VERNEWe now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition!
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In the memory of the dead all chronological differences are effaced.
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Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
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We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
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The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it?
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I say, you do have a heart!” “Sometimes,” he replied, “when I have the time.
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All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.
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What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there is a calm and peace, unmolested by man
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The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
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What you do for money you do badly.
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Powder is but a thing of yesterday, and war is as old as the human race-unhappily.
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Liberty is worth paying for.
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While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert…that as long as a man’s heart beats, as long as a man’s flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.
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There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
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We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition!
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He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.
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I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.
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All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word ‘love’ frightens me.
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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.
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It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning, and let anything better come as a surprise.
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With time and thought, one can do a good job.
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We see that science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.
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Travel enables us to enrich our lives with new experiences, to enjoy and to be educated, to learn respect for foreign cultures, to establish friendships, and above all to contribute to international cooperation and peace throughout the world.
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