I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.
JULES VERNEMan is never perfect nor contented.
More Jules Verne Quotes
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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!
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What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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Anything you can imagine you can make real.
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A scholar has to know a little of everything.
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Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It’s better that way.
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The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
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Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
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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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In the memory of the dead all chronological differences are effaced.
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And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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Anything a man can imagine, another can create.
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What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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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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The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the ‘Living Infinite.
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