I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.
JULES VERNEMan is never perfect nor contented.
More Jules Verne Quotes
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All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.
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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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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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Anything a man can imagine, another can create.
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I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.
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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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I say, you do have a heart!” “Sometimes,” he replied, “when I have the time.
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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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Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
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How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!
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With time and thought, one can do a good job.
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Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.
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But to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers the mind!
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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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