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 VERNEWith time and thought, one can do a good job.
More Jules Verne Quotes
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Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.
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It must be, for there is a logic to everything on this earth and nothing is done without a reason, that God sometimes lets scientists discover.
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An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.
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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
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Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!
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Man is so constituted that health is a purely negative state. Hunger once satisfied, it is difficult for a man to imagine the horrors of starvation; they cannot be understood without being felt.
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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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I saw the world. I learnt of new cultures. I flew across an ocean. I wore women’s clothing. Made a friend. Fell in love. Who cares if I lost a wager?
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I say, you do have a heart!” “Sometimes,” he replied, “when I have the time.
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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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We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
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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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All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.
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