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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.

Jules Verne

Powder is but a thing of yesterday, and war is as old as the human race-unhappily.
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Happiness Human Old Race War
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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Civilization Destruction Humanity Instrument Learning Perfection Reason Society Weapon
The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?
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Accomplishment Distance Earth Future Growth Water
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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Gift Heart Himself Hope Life Man Thinking
The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
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Country Earth Man Need
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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Emotion Existence Live Love Mystery Sea Wonderful
The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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Behaviour Human Mindset Natural
Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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Best Friendship Ourselves Sleep Wait
Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
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Capability Imagination Man Oneself
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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Errors Man Mistake Right Science Truth
Anything capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.
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Capability Imagination Reality
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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Character Doubt Forget Future Mindset Past Performance Value
I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word ‘love’ frightens me.
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Bad Expression Love Myself Scare Word
Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
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Civilization Force Law Necessary
It’s really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
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See Travel Yourself
With time and thought, one can do a good job.
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Goodness Job Oneself Thinking Time

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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