Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
JULES VERNEScent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
More Jules Verne Quotes
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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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What darkness is to you is light is to me.
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On the earth, even in the darkest night, the light never wholly abandons his rule. It is diffused and subtle, but little as may remain, the retina of the eye is sensible of it.
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An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.
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He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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Liberty is worth paying for.
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I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.
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The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
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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 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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Anything a man can imagine, another can create.
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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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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 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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The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
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