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Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.

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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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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Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not
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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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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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All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.
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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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Anything you can imagine you can make real.
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An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.
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While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert...that as long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.
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A cow peacefully grazing fifty yards away received one of the bullets in her back. She had nothing to do with the quarrel all the same.
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Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.
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The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It's better that way.
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If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
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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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The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
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