The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.
JULES VERNEWhat use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
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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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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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We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
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And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It’s better that way.
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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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Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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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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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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But to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers the mind!
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Anything you can imagine you can make real.
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Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
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I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word ‘love’ frightens me.
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Man is never perfect nor contented.
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