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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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Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
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Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.
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science
failure
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The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. 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 may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
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I say, you do have a heart!" "Sometimes," he replied, "when I have the time."
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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
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The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence.
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spirituality
transcendance
exploration
meditation
infinite
journey
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Science, my boy, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.
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science
truth
scientific-method
facts
knowledge
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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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It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason.
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It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.
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I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new
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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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But what then? What had he really gained by all this trouble? What had he brought back from this long and weary journey? Nothing, you say? Perhaps so; nothing but a charming woman, who, strange as it may appear, made him the happiest of men! Truly, would you not for less than that make the tour around the world?
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The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager.
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wager
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Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not
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How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!
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Why, you are a man of heart!" "Sometimes," replied Phileas Fogg, quietly. "When I have the time."
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time
relationships
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I looked on, I thought, I reflected, I admired, in a state of stupefaction not altogether unmingled with fear!
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verne
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Mobilis in Mobile
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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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nature
icelandic
jules-verne
river
horse
snow
iceland
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Nature's creative power is far beyond man's instinct of destruction.
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The sea is everything. It covers seven-tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and life-giving. It is an immense desert place where man is never lonely, for he senses the weaving of Creation on every hand. It is the physical embodiment of a supernatural existence... For the sea is itself nothing but love and emotion. It is the Living Infinite, as one of your poets has said. Nature manifests herself in it, with her three kingdoms..
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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.
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discovery
error
errors
voyage
jack-goldenberg
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I dream with my eyes open.
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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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Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It's better that way.
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Is the Master out of his mind?' she asked me. I nodded. 'And he's taking you with him?' I nodded again. 'Where?' she asked. I pointed towards the centre of the earth. 'Into the cellar?' exclaimed the old servant. 'No,' I said, 'farther down than that.
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And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?
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As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they were made to be overcome."
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The earth does not want new continents, but new men.
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If his destiny be strange, it is also sublime.
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Your dead sleep quietly, at least, Captain, out of reach of sharks" "Yes, sir, of sharks and men."
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There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that's all!
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It may be taken for granted that, rash as the Americans are, when they are prudent there is good reason for it.
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Wherever he saw a hole he always wanted to know the depth of it. To him this was important.
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Her shining tresses, divided in two parts, encircle the harmonious contour of her white and delicate cheeks, brilliant in their glow and freshness. Her ebony brows have the form and charm of the bow of Kama, the god of love, and beneath her long silken lashes the purest reflections and a celestial light swim, as in the sacred lakes of Himalaya, in the black pupils of her great clear eyes. Her teeth, fine, equal, and white, glitter between h..
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What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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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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When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears. How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot say. I had no means now of taking account of time. Never was solitude equal to this, never had any living being been so utterly forsaken.
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