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e66167b Sir," replied the commander, "I am nothing to you but Captain Nemo; and you and your companions are nothing to me but the passengers of the Nautilus." Jules Verne
02216c2 One friend is always sacrificed to the other in friendship. Jules Verne
f7ccb35 Whereas, once under way, you can get so far that going forwards is the only choice. Jules Verne
60cce91 Phileas Fogg, having shut the door of his house at half-past eleven, and having put his right foot before his left five hundred and seventy-five times, and his left foot before his right five hundred and seventy-six times, reached the Reform Club mechanical walking Jules Verne
f570a2e To the sheepfold! Jules Verne
09bb1d6 Music is no longer tasted it is swallowed. prophetic-pragmatism social-satire sad-but-true Jules Verne
8653ffd It must be, for there is a logic to everything on this earth and nothing is done without a reason, that God sometimes lets scientists discover. Jules Verne
840f210 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. Jules Verne
b5c105c God, if he believed in Him, and his conscience, if he had one, were the only judges to whom he was answerable. independence god Jules Verne
bcf98e5 It is better for us to see the destination we wish to reach, than the point of departure well-being psychotherapy Jules Verne
9760271 Was he being devoured by one of those secret rages, all the more terrible because contained, and which only burst forth, with irresistible force, at the last moment? Jules Verne
c2d2e73 Why, you are a man of heart!" "Sometimes," replied Phileas Fogg, quietly; "when I have the time." Jules Verne
eee35bb Your story is not a picture of life; it lacks the elements of truth. And why? Simply because you run straight on to the end; because you do not analyze. Your heroes do this thing or that from this or that motive, which you assign without ever a thought of dissecting their mental and moral natures. Our feelings, you must remember, are far more complex than all that. In real life every act is the resultant of a hundred thoughts that come and .. character-building writing-advice Jules Verne
d978d98 Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man! Jules Verne
2def284 Adieu, soleil ! s'ecria-t-il. Disparais, astre radieux ! Couche-toi sous cette mer libre, et laisse une nuit de six mois etendre ses ombres sur mon nouveau domaine ! Jules Verne
a037c77 Mientras el corazon lata y la carne palpite, no me explico que un ser dotado de voluntad se deje dominar por la desesperacion. Jules Verne
961add1 Ah! Women and young girls, how incomprehensible are your feminine hearts! When you are not the timidest, you are the bravest of creatures Jules Verne
1030684 Besides," said Kennedy, "the time when industry gets a grip of everything and uses it to its own advantage may not be particularly amusing. If men go on inventing machinery they'll end up by being swallowed by their own machines. I've always thought that the last day will be brought about by some colossal boiler heated to three thousand atmospheres blowing up the world." "And I bet the Yankees will have had a hand in it," said Joe." Jules Verne
06f6f52 It was marvellous, a feast for the eyes, this complication of coloured tints, a perfect kaleidoscope of green, yellow, orange, violet, indigo, and blue; in one word, the whole palette of an enthusiastic colourist! Jules Verne
8d360fd While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert, Henry, 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. Jules Verne
b31b7df Are we rising again?" "No. On the contrary." "Are we descending?" "Worse than that, captain! we are falling!" Jules Verne
7560d7b If to live in this style is to be eccentric, it must be confessed that there is something good in eccentricity. Jules Verne
2dbf88f One of my objectives is learning more than is absolutely necessary. curiosity Jules Verne
2f0505b As for seeing the town, the idea never occurred to him, for he was the sort of Englishman who, on his travels, gets his servant to do his sightseeing for him. Jules Verne
9f7bca1 Where others have failed, I will not fail. Jules Verne
9c6488d Science, my boy, is made up of mistakes; but of mistakes which lead to the discovery of truth. Jules Verne
2102601 People caught up in the excitement of mutiny could not maintain for long that union which allows great things to be accomplished. A ring leader of mutineers never has anything but an uncertain power in his hands. Jules Verne
3a092f1 My house is small, but may heaven grant that it is never full of friends. Jules Verne
6a4b7fc Oh, how hard it is to understand the hearts of girls and women. When they are not the most timid of creatures, they are the bravest. Reason has no part in their lives. women love strength-of-females reasoning Jules Verne
5531c52 We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition! Jules Verne
3ccc596 It is only when you suffer that you truly understand. empathy discipleship maturation Jules Verne
7ad307c One's native land!--there should one live! there die! Jules Verne
5953ad7 From a caprice of nature, not from the ignorance of man. Not a mistake has been made in the working. But we cannot prevent equilibrium from producing its effects. We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones. Jules Verne
3b4a01b Walls were invented simply to frustrate scientists. All walls should be banned. Jules Verne
ab6e9e1 When I saw myself thus wholly cut off from human succour, incapable of attempting anything for my deliverance, I thought of heavenly succour. Memories of my childhood, of my mother...came back to me. I began to pray, little as I deserved that God should know me when I had forgotten Him so long; and I prayed fervently. Jules Verne
6c3ceae Death, the beginning of eternal things, is only the end of earthly cares. -Priest earth eternity Jules Verne
bd43369 In the course of time, Michael Strogoff reached a high station in the Empire. But it is not the history of his success, but the history of his trials, which deserves to be related. storytelling Jules Verne
0cc01e6 This lucid explanation of the phenomena we had witnessed appeared to me quite satisfactory. However great and mighty the marvels of nature may seem to us, they are always to be explained by physical reasons. Everything is subordinate to some great law of nature. Jules Verne
12651ea why, I've just this instant found out... that we might have gone around the world in only seventy-eight days. time Jules Verne
e348e22 Monsieur is going to leave home?" "Yes," returned Phileas Fogg. "We are going round the world." Jules Verne
f845df0 May the judge disappear, and the philosopher continue the peaceful exploration of the sea! If his destiny be strange, it is also sublime. Have I not understood it myself? Have I not lived ten months of this unnatural life? And to the question asked by Ecclesiastes three thousand years ago, "That which is far off and exceeding deep, who can find it out?" two men alone of all now living have the right to give an answer---- CAPTAIN NEMO AND MY.. Jules Verne
5047a67 These are just some arms in the service of a head. Is not this the true organization of the force? Jules Verne
a11d457 That terrible avenger, a perfect archangel of hatred. Jules Verne
a050906 Well, I thought I was so tranquil! I need to give up that illusion! There is decidedly no rest to be had in this world. Jules Verne
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