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The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it?

Jules Verne

If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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Deep Fear Lightning Man Nature Philosophy Thunder
When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future.
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Character Doubt Forget Future Mindset Past Performance Value
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
How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!
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Creation Impossible Inspirational Motivational Reality
Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.
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Oneself Poet Proverb
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
What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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Description Horror Portrait
Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
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Civilization Force Law Necessary
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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Earth Feeling Health Lonely Man Nature Purity Science Sea
Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!
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Lower Man Pride Yourself
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
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
All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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Action God Greatness Return
In presence of Nature’s grand convulsions man is powerless.
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Man Nature Power Presence
While 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.
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Gift Heart Himself Hope Life Man Thinking
What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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Argument Best Destroy Force

The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it?

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