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When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future.

Jules Verne

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
All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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Action God Greatness Return
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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Care Clothes Culture Friendship Learning Love Ocean Woman World
Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
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Capability Imagination Man Oneself
There is hope for the future, and when the world is ready for a new and better life, all these things will some day come to pass, – in God’s good time.
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Better Future God Goodness Hope Life Time World
In presence of Nature’s grand convulsions man is powerless.
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Man Nature Power Presence
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 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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Earth Feeling Health Lonely Man Nature Purity Science Sea
Man is never perfect nor contented.
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Man Nature Oneself Perfection Satisfaction
What I’d like to be above all is a writer.
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Dreams Job Myself Writing
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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Abandonment Darkness Earth Eyes Light Night
What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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Description Horror Portrait
What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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Argument Best Destroy Force
We see that science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.
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Oneself Perfection Science Theory
When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future.
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Character Doubt Forget Future Mindset Past Performance Value
Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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Best Listening Necessary Oneself Teaching

When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future.

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