Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
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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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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Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.
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A scholar has to know a little of everything.
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An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
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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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Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
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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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What you do for money you do badly.
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However, everything has an end, everything passes away, even the hunger of people who have not eaten
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Man is never perfect nor contented.
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Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.
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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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The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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