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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!

Jules Verne

Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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Best Better Reserve Surprise Worst
I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.
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Curiosity Life Myself Observation Pay See
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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Accomplishment Distance Earth Future Growth Water
As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life.
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Body Creature Heart Life Need Soul Togetherness
What darkness is to you is light is to me.
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Darkness Light Myself Perspective Yourself
I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word ‘love’ frightens me.
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Bad Expression Love Myself Scare Word
We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition!
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Ambition Human Limitation World
However, everything has an end, everything passes away, even the hunger of people who have not eaten
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Eat End Hungry People Philosophy
The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
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Chance Last Lost Moments Philosophy Present
With time and thought, one can do a good job.
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Goodness Job Oneself Thinking Time
There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
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Impossible Obstacle Strong Weakness Willing
A scholar has to know a little of everything.
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Education Knowledge One Liner
Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
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Civilization Force Law Necessary
It’s really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
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See Travel Yourself
An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.
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Better Crime Theft Yourself
What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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Description Horror Portrait

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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