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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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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.
Jules Verne
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It was all very well for an Englishman like Mr. Fogg to make the tour of the world with a carpet-bag; a lady could not be expected to travel comfortably under such conditions.
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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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I had no need of sails to drive me, nor oars nor wheels to push me, nor rails to give me a faster road. Air is what I wanted, that was all. Air surrounds me as water surrounds the submarine boat, and in it my propellers act like the screws of a steamer. That is how I solved the problem of aviation. That is what a balloon will never do, nor will any machine that is lighter than air.
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We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
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We see that science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.
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Oh, figures!' answered Ned. 'You can make figures do whatever you want.
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In presence of Nature's grand convulsions man is powerless.
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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 colonists had no library at their disposal; but the engineer was a book which was always at hand, always open at the page which one wanted, a book which answered all their questions, and which they often consulted.
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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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There is no more sagacious animal than the Icelandic horse. He is stopped by neither snow, nor storm, nor impassable roads, nor rocks, glaciers, or anything. He is courageous, sober, and surefooted. He never makes a false step, never shies. If there is a river or fjord to cross (and we shall meet with many) you will see him plunge in at once, just as if he were amphibious, and gain the opposite bank.
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As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life.
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There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
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I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.
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He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.
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I have been, am, in his service; I have seen his generosity and goodness; and I will never betray him-not for all the gold in the world. I have come from a village where they don't eat that kind of bread.
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The wisest man may be a blind father.
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An Englishman does not joke about such an important matter as a bet.
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Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.
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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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Captain Nemo pointed to this prodigious heap of shellfish, and I saw that these mines were genuinely inexhaustible, since nature's creative powers are greater than man's destructive instincts.
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They have ears but hear not.
Jules Verne