Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
JULES VERNEThe Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
More Jules Verne Quotes
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I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.
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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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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 that is impossible remains to be accomplished.
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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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The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the ‘Living Infinite.
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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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The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
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And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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I say, you do have a heart!” “Sometimes,” he replied, “when I have the time.
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So is man’s heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world.
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On the earth, even in the darkest night, the light never wholly abandons his rule. It is diffused and subtle, but little as may remain, the retina of the eye is sensible of it.
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Man is never perfect nor contented.
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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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It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning, and let anything better come as a surprise.
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It’s really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
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The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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But to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers the mind!
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Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
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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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Liberty is worth paying for.
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Anything capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.
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We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
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What I’d like to be above all is a writer.
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An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
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