I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.
JULES VERNEThough sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
More Jules Verne Quotes
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Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
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Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.
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I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word ‘love’ frightens me.
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What darkness is to you is light is to me.
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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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I say, you do have a heart!” “Sometimes,” he replied, “when I have the time.
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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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I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.
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The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?
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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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And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.
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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.
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It’s really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
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Liberty is worth paying for.
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