An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.
JULES VERNE
Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another.
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An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.
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Anything a man can imagine, another can create.
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While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert…that as long as a man’s heart beats, as long as a man’s flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.
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On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there is a calm and peace, unmolested by man
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What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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What I’d like to be above all is a writer.
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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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Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.
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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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It’s really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
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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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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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What you do for money you do badly.
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Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
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A scholar has to know a little of everything.
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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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