Man 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.
JULES VERNEOn the earth, even in the darkest night, the light never wholly abandons his rule. It is diffused and subtle, but little as may remain, the retina of the eye is sensible of it.
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Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
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I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.
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I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word ‘love’ frightens me.
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On the earth, even in the darkest night, the light never wholly abandons his rule. It is diffused and subtle, but little as may remain, the retina of the eye is sensible of it.
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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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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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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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What I’d like to be above all is a writer.
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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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All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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In presence of Nature’s grand convulsions man is powerless.
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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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Man is never perfect nor contented.
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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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