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" Far better to be the simplest pedestrian, with knapsack on back, stick in hand, and gun on shoulder, than an Indian prince travelling with all the ceremonial which his rank requires. "

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" The moon, by her comparative proximity, and the constantly varying appearances produced by her several phases, has always occupied a considerable share of the attention of the inhabitants of the earth. "

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" You seize sentiment better when you get clear of nature. You breathe it in every sense! "

" The wisest man may be a blind father. "

" You cannot oppose reasoning to pride, the principal of all the vices, since, by its very nature, the proud man refuses to listen to it. "

" Nothing can astound an American. It has often been asserted that the word 'impossible' is not a French one. People have evidently been deceived by the dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple; and as for mechanical difficulties, they are overcome before they arise. "

" The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. "

" To put up with what you cannot avoid is a philosophical principle, that may not perhaps lead you to the accomplishment of great deeds, but is assuredly eminently practical. "

" So is man's heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world. "

" With happiness as with health: to enjoy it, one should be deprived of it occasionally. "

" It is certain that the inanimate objects by which you are surrounded have a direct action on the brain. "

" 'Movement is life;' and it is well to be able to forget the past, and kill the present by continual change. "

" When science has sent forth her fiat - it is only to hear and obey. "

" An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish. "

" Now, when an American has an idea, he directly seeks a second American to share it. If there be three, they elect a president and two secretaries. Given four, they name a keeper of records, and the office is ready for work; five, they convene a general meeting, and the club is fully constituted. "

" When one has taken root, one puts out branches. "

" Liberty is worth paying for. "

" A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager. "

Jules Verne

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" When you bring a man two millions of money, you need have but little fear that you will not be well received. "

" Numerous observations made upon fevers, somnambulisms, and other human maladies, seem to prove that the moon does exercise some mysterious influence upon man. "

" The industrial stomach cannot live without coal; industry is a carbonivorous animal and must have its proper food. "

" Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter. No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation. It is only when you suffer that you really understand. "

" Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards. "

" The possession of wealth leads almost inevitably to its abuse. It is the chief, if not the only, cause of evils which desolate this world below. The thirst for gold is responsible for the most regrettable lapses into sin. "

" I have noticed that many who do not believe in God believe in everything else, even in the evil eye. "

" A man of merit owes himself to the homage of the rest of mankind who recognize his worth. "

" 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. "

" 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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" Ah! Young people, travel if you can, and if you cannot - travel all the same! "

" It is said that the night brings counsel, but it is not said that the counsel is necessarily good. "

" 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. "