On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there is a calm and peace, unmolested by man
JULES VERNEAnd whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
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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.
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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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What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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Liberty is worth paying for.
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However, everything has an end, everything passes away, even the hunger of people who have not eaten
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With time and thought, one can do a good job.
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I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.
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How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!
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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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Nature’s creative power is far beyond man’s instinct of destruction.
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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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An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.
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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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What I’d like to be above all is a writer.
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