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.
JULES VERNEWhat pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
More Jules Verne Quotes
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What darkness is to you is light is to me.
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The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.
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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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An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
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What you do for money you do badly.
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All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.
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I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word ‘love’ frightens me.
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Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.
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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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The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
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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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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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