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"31 Jules Verne Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 8 February 1828. Died: 24 March 1905 | Novelist | Poet | Playwright |

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.

Opinion Books Read
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The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
Earth New Continent Men
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All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.

Great Actions God Derived
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Man is never perfect, nor contended

Man Perfect Contended
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Nature's creative power is far beyond man's instinct of destruction.

Nature's Creative Power Destruction
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We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

Brave Human Laws Natural
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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.

Science Mistakes Lead Truth
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It is better for us to see the destination we wish to reach, than the point of departure

Better Destination Wish Departure
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If at every instant we may perish, so at every instant we may be saved

Instant Perish Saved
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Music is no longer tasted it is swallowed.

Music Tasted Swallowed
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Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

Anything Man Imagine Real
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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.

Thunder Men Fear Lightning
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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.

Masters Necessity Teaches Best
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Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.

Reality Facts Romantic Imagination
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The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
Chance Lost Present Last moment
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On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there is a calm and peace, unmolested by man

War Destroy Peace Man
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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.

Misfortune Friends Solitude Reason
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It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.

Wisest Worst Beginning Surprise
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The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the ‘Living Infinite

Existence Love Emotion Living
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The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.

Human Mind Conceptions Supernatural
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we see that science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.

Science Perfectible Theory Fresh
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There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!

Impossible Obstacles Stronger Wills
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Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It's better that way.

Feel Art Better Way
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With time and thought, one can do a good job

Time Thought Good job
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In presence of Nature's grand convulsions man is powerless.

Presence Nature's Man Powerless
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Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.

Solitude Isolation Painful Human endurance
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One friend is always sacrificed to the other in friendship.

Friend Sacrificed Friendship
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Death, the beginning of eternal things, is only the end of earthly cares.

Death Beginning Eternal Earthly cares
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What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?

Use Arguments Destroyed Force
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A well-used minimum suffices for everything.

Well Minimum Suffices Everything
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What you do for money you do badly.

You Money Badly
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Jules Verne Quotes & Sayings