Jules Verne quotes

Freedom is worth paying for. (Jules Verne)
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. View quote
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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best. View quote
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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. View quote
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Now when an American has an idea, he directly seeks a second American to share it. If there be three, they elect a president and two secretaries. Given four, they name a keeper of records, and the office is ready for work; five, they convene a general meeting, and the club is fully constituted. View quote
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The moon, by her comparative proximity, and the constantly varying appearances produced by her several phases, has always occupied a considerable share of the attention of the inhabitants of the earth. View quote
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We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer. View quote
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The Earth does not want new continents, but new men. View quote
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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? View quote
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An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish. View quote
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Man is never perfect, nor contented. (Jules Verne)
Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards. View quote
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Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors; but they are errors which it was good to fall into, for they led to the truth. View quote
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In the memory of the dead all chronological differences are effaced. View quote
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External objects produce decided effects upon the brain. A man shut up between four walls soon loses the power to associate words and ideas together. How many prisoners in solitary confinement become idiots, if not mad, for want of exercise for the thinking faculty! View quote
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It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason. View quote
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Hunger, prolonged, is temporary madness! The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind. Hitherto I had never known what hunger really meant. I was likely to understand it now. View quote
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The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings. And the sea is precisely their best vehicle, the only medium through which these giants (against which terrestrial animals, such as elephants or rhinoceroses, are as nothing) can be produced or developed. View quote
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Man is so constituted that health is a purely negative state. Hunger once satisfied, it is difficult for a man to imagine the horrors of starvation; they cannot be understood without being felt. View quote
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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. View quote
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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise. (Jules Verne)
Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another. View quote
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In spite of the opinions of certain narrow-minded people, who would shut up the human race upon this globe, as within some magic circle it must never outstep, we shall one day travel to the moon, the planets, and the stars, with the same facility, rapidity, and certainty as we now make the voyage from Liverpool to New York! View quote
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Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting! View quote
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It may be taken for granted that, rash as Americans usually are, when they are prudent, there is good reason for it. View quote
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