There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
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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Liberty is worth paying for.
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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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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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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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Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
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When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future.
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With time and thought, one can do a good job.
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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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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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A scholar has to know a little of everything.
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Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
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I saw the world. I learnt of new cultures. I flew across an ocean. I wore women’s clothing. Made a friend. Fell in love. Who cares if I lost a wager?
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Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
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