Man is never perfect nor contented.
JULES VERNEOn the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there is a calm and peace, unmolested by man
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Man is so constituted that health is a purely negative state. Hunger once satisfied, it is difficult for a man to imagine the horrors of starvation; they cannot be understood without being felt.
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The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?
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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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Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
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Liberty is worth paying for.
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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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What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition!
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It must be, for there is a logic to everything on this earth and nothing is done without a reason, that God sometimes lets scientists discover.
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In the memory of the dead all chronological differences are effaced.
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Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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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 sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the ‘Living Infinite.
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