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Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.

Jules Verne

In the memory of the dead all chronological differences are effaced.
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Death Difference Memories
Nature’s creative power is far beyond man’s instinct of destruction.
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Beyond Creation Destruction Man Nature Power
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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Creature Desire Establishment Heart Man Performance Survive World
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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Alone Believe Destroy Fortune Friendship Quick Reason Solitude
It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning, and let anything better come as a surprise.
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Beginning Better Optimism Preparation Surprise Wisdom Worst
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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Calm Destroy Each Other Man Ocean Peace
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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Emotion Existence Live Love Mystery Sea Wonderful
Science, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make, for they lead step by step to the truth.
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Errors Man Mistake Right Science Truth
And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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Fortune Travel Wealth Yourself
An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
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Death Energy Man Success
The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
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Chance Last Lost Moments Philosophy Present
Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.
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Beyond Endurance Human Pain Solitude
All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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Action God Greatness Return
Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
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Flower Nature Sea Soul
What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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Description Horror Portrait
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.
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Better Book Growth Opinion Reading

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