The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
JULES VERNEThe human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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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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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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Anything a man can imagine, another can create.
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The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
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It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason.
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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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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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The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
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In presence of Nature’s grand convulsions man is powerless.
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How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!
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Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
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Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
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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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While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert…that as long as a man’s heart beats, as long as a man’s flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.
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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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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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I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.
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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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Anything capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.
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Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.
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Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.
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In the memory of the dead all chronological differences are effaced.
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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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Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
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