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Jules Verne

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
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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Body Creature Heart Life Need Soul Togetherness
We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
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Brave Human Law Natural Oneself Resistance
The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
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Architect Build Goodness Greatness Universe
I say, you do have a heart!” “Sometimes,” he replied, “when I have the time.
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Heart Myself Time
Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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Best Friendship Ourselves Sleep Wait
Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It’s better that way.
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Art Better Feeling Way Work Yourself
Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
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Fact Imagination Reality Romantic
An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
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Death Energy Man Success
Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!
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Lower Man Pride 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.
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Discover Earth God Logic Reason Science
Science, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make, for they lead step by step to the truth.
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Errors Man Mistake Right Science Truth
What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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Argument Best Destroy Force
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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Care Clothes Culture Friendship Learning Love Ocean Woman World
The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
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Chance Last Lost Moments Philosophy Present
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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Alone Believe Destroy Fortune Friendship Quick Reason Solitude

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