Liberty is worth paying for.
JULES VERNEPowder is but a thing of yesterday, and war is as old as the human race-unhappily.
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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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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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I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word ‘love’ frightens me.
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The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
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We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
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On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there is a calm and peace, unmolested by man
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So is man’s heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world.
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Powder is but a thing of yesterday, and war is as old as the human race-unhappily.
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The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
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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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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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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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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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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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It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning, and let anything better come as a surprise.
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