Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
JULES VERNEAll great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
More Jules Verne Quotes
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And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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But to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers the mind!
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I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of heat and light, of an intensity of which coal is not capable.
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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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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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Powder is but a thing of yesterday, and war is as old as the human race-unhappily.
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Anything capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.
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It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning, and let anything better come as a surprise.
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Man is never perfect nor contented.
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Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
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We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
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Travel enables us to enrich our lives with new experiences, to enjoy and to be educated, to learn respect for foreign cultures, to establish friendships, and above all to contribute to international cooperation and peace throughout the world.
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An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
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