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I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.

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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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It is certain, exclaimed my uncle in a tone of triumph. But silence, do you hear me? silence upon the whole subject and let no one get before us in this design of discovering the centre of the earth.
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In lighthearted countries, people joked about this phenomenon, but such serious, practical countries as England, America, and Germany were deeply concerned.
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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer.
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The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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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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Anything you can imagine you can make real.
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And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!
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Civilization never recedes the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
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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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Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.
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It's really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
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Man is never perfect nor contented.
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I have always made a point in my romances of basing my so-called inventions upon a groundwork of actual fact, and of using in their construction methods and materials which are not entirely without the pale of contemporary engineering skill and knowledge.
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Is the Master out of his mind?' she asked me. I nodded. 'And he's taking you with him?' I nodded again. 'Where?' she asked. I pointed towards the centre of the earth. 'Into the cellar?' exclaimed the old servant. 'No,' I said, 'farther down than that.
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I believe cats to be spirits come to earth.
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