I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.
JULES VERNEThe Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?
More Jules Verne Quotes
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The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
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In presence of Nature’s grand convulsions man is powerless.
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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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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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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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Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
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Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
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And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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What I’d like to be above all is a writer.
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I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.
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We see that science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.
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With time and thought, one can do a good job.
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Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.
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