The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
JULES VERNE
Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.
More Jules Verne Quotes
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The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
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How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!
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What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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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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I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word ‘love’ frightens me.
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What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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It’s really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
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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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Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
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Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.
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Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It’s better that way.
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The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
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We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition!
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Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.
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The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
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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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