And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
JULES VERNESo 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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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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Liberty is worth paying for.
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What darkness is to you is light is to me.
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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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There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
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Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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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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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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In presence of Nature’s grand convulsions man is powerless.
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What you do for money you do badly.
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Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
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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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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!
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