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We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

Jules Verne

I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of heat and light, of an intensity of which coal is not capable.
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Believe Capability Constitution Employment Intense Light Togetherness Water
Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
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Capability Imagination Man Oneself
He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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Himself Spirit Travel
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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Abandonment Darkness Earth Eyes Light Night
An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.
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Better Crime Theft Yourself
What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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Argument Best Destroy Force
What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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Description Horror Portrait
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
What I’d like to be above all is a writer.
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Dreams Job Myself Writing
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
We see that science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.
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Oneself Perfection Science Theory
We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
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Brave Human Law Natural Oneself Resistance
We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.
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Better Book Growth Opinion Reading
Man is never perfect nor contented.
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Man Nature Oneself Perfection Satisfaction
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
Anything capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.
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Capability Imagination Reality

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