Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
JULES VERNEIt’s really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
More Jules Verne Quotes
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What darkness is to you is light is to me.
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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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Liberty is worth paying for.
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It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning, and let anything better come as a surprise.
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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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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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So is man’s heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world.
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In the memory of the dead all chronological differences are effaced.
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We see that science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.
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What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
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Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
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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 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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