Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
JULES VERNEHe must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
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An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
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I say, you do have a heart!” “Sometimes,” he replied, “when I have the time.
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And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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Anything a man can imagine, another can create.
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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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Man is never perfect nor contented.
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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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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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I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word ‘love’ frightens me.
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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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The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it?
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The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?
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Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.
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What you do for money you do badly.
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All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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