Man is never perfect nor contented.
JULES VERNECivilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
More Jules Verne Quotes
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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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Science, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make, for they lead step by step to the truth.
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Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
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Man is so constituted that health is a purely negative state. Hunger once satisfied, it is difficult for a man to imagine the horrors of starvation; they cannot be understood without being felt.
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The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
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Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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In presence of Nature’s grand convulsions man is powerless.
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Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.
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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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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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What you do for money you do badly.
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Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
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A scholar has to know a little of everything.
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All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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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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