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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.

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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Exploration
Curiosity
Pay
Wanted
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Life

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As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life.
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All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
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Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
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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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And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
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Anything you can imagine you can make real.
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Man is never perfect nor contented.
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All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.
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