What a big book, captain, might be made with all that is known!" "And what a much bigger book still with all… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
I have always made a point in my romances of basing my so-called inventions upon a groundwork of actual fact, and of… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Numerous observations made upon fevers, somnambulisms, and other human maladies, seem to prove that the moon does exercise some mysterious influence upon… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
I saw the world. I learnt of new cultures. I flew across an ocean. I wore women's clothing. Made a friend. Fell… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they were made to be overcome. — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
But what then? What had he really gained by all this trouble? What had he brought back from this long and weary… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Ah! Young people, travel if you can, and if you cannot - travel all the same! — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It's better that way. — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“— 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 Image
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 Image
