Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
JULES VERNEThough sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
More Jules Verne Quotes
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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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It’s really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
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Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.
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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
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Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!
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An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.
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Liberty is worth paying for.
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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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In presence of Nature’s grand convulsions man is powerless.
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What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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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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What darkness is to you is light is to me.
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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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