I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.
JULES VERNESo 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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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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What darkness is to you is light is to me.
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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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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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Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It’s better that way.
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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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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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What you do for money you do badly.
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I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word ‘love’ frightens me.
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The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.
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I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.
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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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Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
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An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
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A scholar has to know a little of everything.
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