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.
JULES VERNEHe must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
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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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Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.
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I say, you do have a heart!” “Sometimes,” he replied, “when I have the time.
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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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Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
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Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.
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Man is never perfect nor contented.
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What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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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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When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future.
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Travel enables us to enrich our lives with new experiences, to enjoy and to be educated, to learn respect for foreign cultures, to establish friendships, and above all to contribute to international cooperation and peace throughout the world.
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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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And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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