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?
JULES VERNEThe human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
More Jules Verne Quotes
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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 may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
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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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It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning, and let anything better come as a surprise.
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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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I 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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He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
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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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Liberty is worth paying for.
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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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Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.
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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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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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An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
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