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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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Jules Verne
Age: 77 †
Born: 1828
Born: February 8
Died: 1905
Died: March 24
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Jules Gabriel Verne
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Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
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We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not
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Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.
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....oysters are the only food that never causes indigestion. Indeed, a man would have to eat sixteen dozen of these acephalous molluscs in order to gain the 315 grammes of nitrogen he requires daily.
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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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As for difficulties, replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, they were made to be overcome.
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Savages!' he echoed, ironically. 'You set foot on one of the shores of this globe, professor, and you’re surprised to find savages? Where aren’t there savages? Besides, are they any worse than others, these whom you call savages?
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