In presence of Nature’s grand convulsions man is powerless.
JULES VERNEThe Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
More Jules Verne Quotes
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A scholar has to know a little of everything.
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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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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
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Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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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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I say, you do have a heart!” “Sometimes,” he replied, “when I have the time.
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What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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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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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 capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.
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The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
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As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life.
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