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I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.

Jules Verne

However, everything has an end, everything passes away, even the hunger of people who have not eaten
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Eat End Hungry People Philosophy
There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
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Impossible Obstacle Strong Weakness Willing
The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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Behaviour Human Mindset Natural
Man is never perfect nor contented.
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Man Nature Oneself Perfection Satisfaction
All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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Action God Greatness Return
Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.
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Oneself Poet Proverb
Travel enables us to enrich our lives with new experiences, to enjoy and to be educated, to learn respect for foreign cultures, to establish friendships, and above all to contribute to international cooperation and peace throughout the world.
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Culture Education Enjoyment Establishment Experience Friendship Learning Live Ourselves Peace Respect Travel World
It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning, and let anything better come as a surprise.
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Beginning Better Optimism Preparation Surprise Wisdom Worst
What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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Argument Best Destroy Force
What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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Description Horror Portrait
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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Believe Cat Earth Fantasy Myself Spirit Walk
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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Body Creature Heart Life Need Soul Togetherness
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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Creature Desire Establishment Heart Man Performance Survive World
Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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Best Friendship Ourselves Sleep Wait
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

I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.

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