The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.
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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There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
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What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
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And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
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Anything a man can imagine, another can create.
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Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
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It’s really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
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I say, you do have a heart!” “Sometimes,” he replied, “when I have the time.
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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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With time and thought, one can do a good job.
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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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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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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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