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We see that science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.

Jules Verne

Man is never perfect nor contented.
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Man Nature Oneself Perfection Satisfaction
Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
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Flower Nature Sea Soul
I say, you do have a heart!” “Sometimes,” he replied, “when I have the time.
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Heart Myself Time
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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Curiosity Life Myself Observation Pay See
Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.
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Oneself Poet Proverb
Anything capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.
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Capability Imagination Reality
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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Believe Cat Earth Fantasy Myself Spirit Walk
I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.
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Hope Inspirational Myself Perseverance Power Success
The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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Behaviour Human Mindset Natural
It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning, and let anything better come as a surprise.
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Beginning Better Optimism Preparation Surprise Wisdom Worst
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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Leadership Mistake Myself Science Truth
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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Believe Capability Constitution Employment Intense Light Togetherness Water
The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.
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Civilization Destruction Humanity Instrument Learning Perfection Reason Society Weapon
There is hope for the future, and when the world is ready for a new and better life, all these things will some day come to pass, – in God’s good time.
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Better Future God Goodness Hope Life Time World
While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert…that as long as a man’s heart beats, as long as a man’s flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.
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Gift Heart Himself Hope Life Man Thinking
He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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Himself Spirit Travel

We see that science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.

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