The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
JULES VERNEWe see that science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.
More Jules Verne Quotes
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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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All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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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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And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.
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Anything you can imagine you can make real.
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Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!
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In the memory of the dead all chronological differences are effaced.
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What I’d like to be above all is a writer.
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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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The 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?
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With time and thought, one can do a good job.
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As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life.
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