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.
JULES VERNEHowever, everything has an end, everything passes away, even the hunger of people who have not eaten
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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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He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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In the memory of the dead all chronological differences are effaced.
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The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
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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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Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
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Travel enables us to enrich our lives with new experiences, to enjoy and to be educated, to learn respect for foreign cultures, to establish friendships, and above all to contribute to international cooperation and peace throughout the world.
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We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition!
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What I’d like to be above all is a writer.
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The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert…that as long as a man’s heart beats, as long as a man’s flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.
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However, everything has an end, everything passes away, even the hunger of people who have not eaten
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Anything you can imagine you can make real.
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Anything capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.
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It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason.
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