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 VERNEWe 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.
More Jules Verne Quotes
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There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
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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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All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.
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I saw the world. I learnt of new cultures. I flew across an ocean. I wore women’s clothing. Made a friend. Fell in love. Who cares if I lost a wager?
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Liberty is worth paying for.
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A scholar has to know a little of everything.
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Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
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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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Anything a man can imagine, another can create.
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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 is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason.
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Anything capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.
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All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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In presence of Nature’s grand convulsions man is powerless.
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Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
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