We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
JULES VERNEHow many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!
More Jules Verne Quotes
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What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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Man is so constituted that health is a purely negative state. Hunger once satisfied, it is difficult for a man to imagine the horrors of starvation; they cannot be understood without being felt.
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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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Liberty is worth paying for.
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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 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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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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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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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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The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
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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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What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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