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.
JULES VERNEHow many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!
More Jules Verne Quotes
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Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.
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I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word ‘love’ frightens me.
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Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
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An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.
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Anything you can imagine you can make real.
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The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
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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?
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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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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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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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Anything a man can imagine, another can create.
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I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.
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On the earth, even in the darkest night, the light never wholly abandons his rule. It is diffused and subtle, but little as may remain, the retina of the eye is sensible of it.
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Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
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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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