I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life. — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
If Providence has created the stars and the planets, man has called the cannonball into existence. — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
'Movement is life;' and it is well to be able to forget the past, and kill the present by continual change. — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“I felt that my true vocation, the sole end of my life, was to chase this disturbing monster and purge it from… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Dost thou know what life is, my child? Hast thou comprehended the action of those springs which produce existence? Hast thou examined… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
What is there unreasonable in admitting the intervention of a supernatural power in the most ordinary circumstances of life? — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
So is man's heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert...that as long as a man's heart beats, as long as a… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
When I returned to partial life my face was wet with tears. How long that state of insensibility had lasted I cannot… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
There is hope for the future, and when the world is ready for a new and better life, all these things will… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“The sea is everything. It covers seven-tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and life-giving. It is an immense desert… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
With its untold depths, couldn't the sea keep alive such huge specimens of life from another age, this sea that never changes… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
However strong, however imposing a ship may appear, it is not 'disgraced' because it flies before the tempest. A commander ought always… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“Your story is not a picture of life; it lacks the elements of truth. And why? Simply because you run straight on… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“I gazed at these marvels in profound silence. Words were utterly wanting to indicate the sensations of wonder I experienced. I seemed,… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“As I remarked before, the Asiatic elephant is smaller than the African, which is frequently twelve feet high, and its tusks are in proportion.… — Jules Verne Copy Share
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… — Jules Verne Copy Share
Now, when an American has an idea, he directly seeks a second American to share it. If there be three, they elect a president… — Jules Verne Copy Share
Well, my friend, this earth will one day be that cold corpse; it will become uninhabitable and uninhabited like the moon, which has long… — Jules Verne Copy Share
Ah! Young people, travel if you can, and if you cannot - travel all the same! — Jules Verne Copy Share
It is always a vulgar and often an unhealthy pastime, and it is a vice which does not go alone; the man who gambles… — Jules Verne Copy Share
“My uncle” is the natives’ usual name for the tiger, they believing that the soul of each of their ancestors is lodged for eternity… — Jules Verne Copy Share
“Kâlagani evidently knew this thinly-peopled region perfectly, and guided us across it most admirably. On the 29th September our train began to ascend the… — Jules Verne Copy Share
Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It's better that way. — Jules Verne Copy Share
“— Isola in vendita per contanti, più le spese, al miglior offerente! — andava ripetendo a perdifiato Dean Felporg, banditore dell'auction, in cui venivano… — Jules Verne Copy Share
It is certain," exclaimed my uncle in a tone of triumph. "But silence, do you hear me? silence upon the whole subject; and let… — Jules Verne Copy Share
Man, a mere inhabitant of the earth, cannot overstep its boundaries! But though he is confined to its crust, he may penetrate into all… — Jules Verne Copy Share
On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there… — Jules Verne Copy Share
