The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
JULES VERNEWhile 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.
More Jules Verne Quotes
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The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
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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 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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The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
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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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Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!
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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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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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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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Powder is but a thing of yesterday, and war is as old as the human race-unhappily.
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Anything you can imagine you can make real.
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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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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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An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
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How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!
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