If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
JULES VERNEIf there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
JULES VERNEAll that is impossible remains to be accomplished.
JULES VERNEHowever, everything has an end, everything passes away, even the hunger of people who have not eaten
JULES VERNEI can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.
JULES VERNEPowder is but a thing of yesterday, and war is as old as the human race-unhappily.
JULES VERNEThe 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.
JULES VERNEWe 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.
JULES VERNEReality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
JULES VERNEAs long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life.
JULES VERNEPoets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.
JULES VERNEAll great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
JULES VERNEAnything a man can imagine, another can create.
JULES VERNEScience, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make, for they lead step by step to the truth.
JULES VERNEEverything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
JULES VERNEBefore all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
JULES VERNESolitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.
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