Jules Verne Quotes
I am nothing to you but Captain Nemo; and you and your companions are nothing to me but the passengers of the Nautilus.
Quotes to Explore
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Hymns are companions for life travelers.
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People will not be bored. They may listen politely at a dinner table to boasts and personalities, life history, etc. But in print they choose their own companions, their own subjects. They was to be amused or benefitted
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It has been ordained that there be summer and winter, abundance and dearth, virtue and vice, and all such opposites for the harmony of the whole, and (Zeus) has given each of us a body, property, and companions.
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The hard and stiff are death's companions. The soft and weak are life's companions.
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For me nonviolence is a creed. I must act up to it, whether I am alone or have companions.
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I am conquered less by fortune than by the egotism and ingratitude of my companions in arms.
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Worthy books Are not companions – they are solitudes: We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.
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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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I had no companions to quarrel with, nobody to assist, and nobody to thank... the evil consequence of all this was not, however, what might perhaps have been expected, that I grew up selfish or non affectionate; but that, when affection did come, it came with a violence utterly rampant and unmanageable.
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You ask of my companions. Hills, sir, and the sundown, and a dog as large as myself.
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Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.
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A charger's saddle is an exalted throne, the best companions are books alone.
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Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance.
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We had each journeyed to this office from our own distant planet of illness. Though strangers, we became instant, silent companions. We were here for the same purpose: to describe our alien experience to the doctor in hope of survival advice.
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Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.
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Because every portion of the body, mind, and spirit yearns for the integration of yin and yang, angelic intercourse is led by the spirit rather than the sexual organs. . . . Where ordinary intercourse unites sex organs with sex organs, angelic cultivation unites spirit with spirit, mind with mind, and every cell of one body with every cell of the other body.
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I have this dream of what I ultimately want my life to be like, and it involves a lot of quaint activities like cooking and canoeing and camping and hiking.
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Men judge by the complexion of the sky The state and inclination of the day.
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Real improvement is of slow growth only.
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Did you ever notice how friendships are a lot like pop songs? They are for girls, anyway. First there's the newness of it, the melody that streams into your head and makes you wonder ― will I like this song? Then come the vocals, what the song's heart truly sounds like, and with it the song's purpose, it's lyrics ― will they say something meaningful about my life? Will these words help me through a difficult time, or create a memory that will make me smile whenever I hear this song again?
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I am nothing to you but Captain Nemo; and you and your companions are nothing to me but the passengers of the Nautilus.
