He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
JULES VERNEWhy lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!
More Jules Verne Quotes
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Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.
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In presence of Nature’s grand convulsions man is powerless.
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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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Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
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What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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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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The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
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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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Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
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Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
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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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What darkness is to you is light is to me.
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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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Nature’s creative power is far beyond man’s instinct of destruction.
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What I’d like to be above all is a writer.
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