black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

A scholar has to know a little of everything.

Jules Verne

So is man’s heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world.
JULES VERNE

Creature Desire Establishment Heart Man Performance Survive World
The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
JULES VERNE

Chance Last Lost Moments Philosophy Present
An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
JULES VERNE

Death Energy Man Success
We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
JULES VERNE

Brave Human Law Natural Oneself Resistance
Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.
JULES VERNE

Oneself Stop Time Train
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.
JULES VERNE

Character Doubt Forget Future Mindset Past Performance Value
How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!
JULES VERNE

Creation Impossible Inspirational Motivational Reality
An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.
JULES VERNE

Better Crime Theft Yourself
It must be, for there is a logic to everything on this earth and nothing is done without a reason, that God sometimes lets scientists discover.
JULES VERNE

Discover Earth God Logic Reason Science
The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the ‘Living Infinite.
JULES VERNE

Emotion Existence Live Love Mystery Sea Wonderful
Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
JULES VERNE

Flower Nature Sea Soul
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.
JULES VERNE

Abandonment Darkness Earth Eyes Light Night
Nature’s creative power is far beyond man’s instinct of destruction.
JULES VERNE

Beyond Creation Destruction Man Nature Power
The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it?
JULES VERNE

Beginning Earth End Nature Sea
I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.
JULES VERNE

Curiosity Life Myself Observation Pay See
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.
JULES VERNE

Better Book Growth Opinion Reading

A scholar has to know a little of everything.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

A scholar has to know a little of everything.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Jules Verne Quotes