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Jules Verne

It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning, and let anything better come as a surprise.
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Beginning Better Optimism Preparation Surprise Wisdom Worst
What I’d like to be above all is a writer.
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Dreams Job Myself Writing
Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
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Himself Identity Possible
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
If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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Deep Fear Lightning Man Nature Philosophy Thunder
An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
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Death Energy Man Success
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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Calm Destroy Each Other Man Ocean Peace
With time and thought, one can do a good job.
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Goodness Job Oneself Thinking Time
A scholar has to know a little of everything.
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Education Knowledge One Liner
It must be, for there is a logic to everything on this earth and nothing is done without a reason, that God sometimes lets scientists discover.
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Discover Earth God Logic Reason Science
An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.
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Better Crime Theft Yourself
The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it?
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Beginning Earth End Nature Sea
There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
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Impossible Obstacle Strong Weakness Willing
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
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
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

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