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On 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

Jules Verne

Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.
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Oneself Poet Proverb
He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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Himself Spirit Travel
The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
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Chance Last Lost Moments Philosophy Present
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
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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Better Book Growth Opinion Reading
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
If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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Deep Fear Lightning Man Nature Philosophy Thunder
Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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Best Better Reserve Surprise Worst
Nature’s creative power is far beyond man’s instinct of destruction.
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Beyond Creation Destruction Man Nature Power
We see that science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.
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Oneself Perfection Science Theory
Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
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Capability Imagination Man Oneself
A scholar has to know a little of everything.
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Education Knowledge One Liner
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
Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
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Flower Nature Sea Soul
And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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Fortune Travel Wealth Yourself
Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.
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Beyond Endurance Human Pain Solitude

On 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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