Science, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make, for they lead step by step to the truth.
JULES VERNEI 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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It’s really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
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Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
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He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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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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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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Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.
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The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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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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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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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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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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Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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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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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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