Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
JULES VERNEPoets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.
More Jules Verne Quotes
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All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.
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On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there is a calm and peace, unmolested by man
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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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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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But to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers the mind!
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Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
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Liberty is worth paying for.
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The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
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Man is never perfect nor contented.
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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 am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word ‘love’ frightens me.
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Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
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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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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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