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It's really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.

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
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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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As for difficulties, replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, they were made to be overcome.
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Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!
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What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?
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All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
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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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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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And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
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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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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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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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It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.
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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 capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.
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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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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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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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As for Phileas Fogg, it seemed just as if the typhoon were a part of his programme
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