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> [However, the balloon, lightened of heavy articles, such as ammunition, arms, and provisions, had risen into the higher layers of the atmosphere, to a height of 4,500 feet. The voyagers, after having discovered that the sea extended beneath them, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/however-the-balloon-lightened-of-heavy-articles-such-as-ammunition/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

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> [I had no need of sails to drive me, nor oars nor wheels to push me, nor rails to give me a faster road. Air is what I wanted, that was all. Air surrounds me as water surrounds the submarine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/i-had-no-need-of-sails-to-drive-me-nor-oars-nor-wheels-to-push-me-nor/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

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## Other authors on Balloons

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## More by Jules Verne

> [Look with all your eyes, look.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/look-with-all-your-eyes-look/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

> [“As I remarked before, the Asiatic elephant is smaller than the African, which is frequently twelve feet high, and its tusks are in proportion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/as-i-remarked-before-the-asiatic-elephant-is-smaller-than-the-african/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/as-long-as-a-man-s-heart-beats-as-long-as-a-man-s-flesh-quivers-i-do/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

> [Now, when an American has an idea, he directly seeks a second American to share it. If there be three, they elect a president…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/now-when-an-american-has-an-idea-he-directly-seeks-a-second-american/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

> [Well, my friend, this earth will one day be that cold corpse; it will become uninhabitable and uninhabited like the moon, which has long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/well-my-friend-this-earth-will-one-day-be-that-cold-corpse-it-will/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

> [Ah! Young people, travel if you can, and if you cannot - travel all the same!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/ah-young-people-travel-if-you-can-and-if-you-cannot-travel-all-the/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

> [It is always a vulgar and often an unhealthy pastime, and it is a vice which does not go alone; the man who gambles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/it-is-always-a-vulgar-and-often-an-unhealthy-pastime-and-it-is-a-vice/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

> [“My uncle” is the natives’ usual name for the tiger, they believing that the soul of each of their ancestors is lodged for eternity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/my-uncle-is-the-natives-usual-name-for-the-tiger-they-believing-that/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/k-lagani-evidently-knew-this-thinly-peopled-region-perfectly-and/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

> [Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It's better that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/well-i-feel-that-we-should-always-put-a-little-art-into-what-we-do-it/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

> [“— Isola in vendita per contanti, più le spese, al miglior offerente! — andava ripetendo a perdifiato Dean Felporg, banditore dell'auction, in cui venivano…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/isola-in-vendita-per-contanti-pi-le-spese-al-miglior-offerente-andava/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

> [It is certain," exclaimed my uncle in a tone of triumph. "But silence, do you hear me? silence upon the whole subject; and let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/it-is-certain-exclaimed-my-uncle-in-a-tone-of-triumph-but-silence-do/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

> [Man, a mere inhabitant of the earth, cannot overstep its boundaries! But though he is confined to its crust, he may penetrate into all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/man-a-mere-inhabitant-of-the-earth-cannot-overstep-its-boundaries-but/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

> [On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/on-the-surface-of-the-ocean-men-wage-war-and-destroy-each-other-but/)

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> [In presence of Nature's grand convulsions man is powerless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/in-presence-of-nature-s-grand-convulsions-man-is-powerless/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

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