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Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!
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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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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As for difficulties, replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, they were made to be overcome.
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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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Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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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 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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Anything you can imagine you can make real.
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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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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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Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
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It may be taken for granted that, rash as the Americans are, when they are prudent there is good reason for it.
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In presence of Nature's grand convulsions man is powerless.
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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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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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Therever fortune clears a way, thither our ready footsteps stray.
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