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The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.

Jules Verne

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Jules Verne
Age: 77 †
Born: 1828
Born: February 8
Died: 1905
Died: March 24
Esperantist
Geographer
Librettist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Jules Gabriel Verne
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I believe cats to be spirits come to earth.
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A cow peacefully grazing fifty yards away received one of the bullets in her back. She had nothing to do with the quarrel all the same.
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All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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With time and thought, one can do a good job.
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As for Phileas Fogg, it seemed just as if the typhoon were a part of his programme
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There are no impossible obstacles there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
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Until I discover the meaning of this sentence, I will neither eat nor sleep. My dear uncle- I began. Nor you either, he added.
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What a big book, captain, might be made with all that is known! And what a much bigger book still with all that is not known!
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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.
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When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future.
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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!
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The distance between the earth and her satellite is a mere trifle, and undeserving of serious consideration. I am convinced that before twenty years are over one-half of our earth will have paid a visit to the moon.
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Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.
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How tranquil is a coral tomb, and may the heavens grant that my companions and I be buried in no other!
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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for 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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Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
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You will travel in a Land of Marvels
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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.
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Travel enables us to enrich our lives with new experiences, to enjoy and to be educated, to learn respect for foreign cultures, to establish friendships, and above all to contribute to international cooperation and peace throughout the world.
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