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.
JULES VERNEOn 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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Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.
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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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All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.
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Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
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He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there is a calm and peace, unmolested by man
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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.
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Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.
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Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
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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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Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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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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