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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.

Jules Verne

What you do for money you do badly.
JULES VERNE

Bad Money One Liner Work Yourself
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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Gift Heart Himself Hope Life Man Thinking
Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.
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Beyond Endurance Human Pain Solitude
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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Abandonment Darkness Earth Eyes Light Night
Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
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Flower Nature Sea Soul
He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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Himself Spirit Travel
With time and thought, one can do a good job.
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Goodness Job Oneself Thinking Time
An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.
JULES VERNE

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?
JULES VERNE

Beginning Earth End Nature Sea
However, everything has an end, everything passes away, even the hunger of people who have not eaten
JULES VERNE

Eat End Hungry People Philosophy
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
JULES VERNE

Calm Destroy Each Other Man Ocean Peace
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.
JULES VERNE

Earth Feeling Health Lonely Man Nature Purity Science Sea
Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
JULES VERNE

Best Friendship Ourselves Sleep Wait
What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
JULES VERNE

Argument Best Destroy Force
Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!
JULES VERNE

Lower Man Pride Yourself
If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
JULES VERNE

Deep Fear Lightning Man Nature Philosophy Thunder

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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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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