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?
JULES VERNEWith time and thought, one can do a good job.
More Jules Verne Quotes
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He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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Nature’s creative power is far beyond man’s instinct of destruction.
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Powder is but a thing of yesterday, and war is as old as the human race-unhappily.
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Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
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Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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It’s really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
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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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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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I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.
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Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
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The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
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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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The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
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