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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!
Jules Verne
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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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The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?
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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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In presence of Nature's grand convulsions man is powerless.
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Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.
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There is hope for the future, and when the world is ready for a new and better life, all these things will some day come to pass, - in God's good time
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Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.
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How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!
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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.
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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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I believe cats to be spirits come to earth.
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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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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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However, everything has an end, everything passes away, even the hunger of people who have not eaten
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It swam crossways in the direction of the Nautilus with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes. Its eight arms, or rather feet, fixed to its head, that have given the name of cephalopod to these animals, were twice as long as its body, and were twisted like the furies' hair.
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It's really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
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Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.
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I am nothing to you but Captain Nemo and you and your companions are nothing to me but the passengers of the Nautilus.
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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 can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.
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