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
JULES VERNEMan is so constituted that health is a purely negative state. Hunger once satisfied, it is difficult for a man to imagine the horrors of starvation; they cannot be understood without being felt.
More Jules Verne Quotes
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Anything you can imagine you can make real.
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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future.
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It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason.
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The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the ‘Living Infinite.
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Man is never perfect nor contented.
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I saw the world. I learnt of new cultures. I flew across an ocean. I wore women’s clothing. Made a friend. Fell in love. Who cares if I lost a wager?
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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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Anything a man can imagine, another can create.
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An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.
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In presence of Nature’s grand convulsions man is powerless.
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I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of heat and light, of an intensity of which coal is not capable.
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Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It’s better that way.
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Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
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Liberty is worth paying for.
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