A man of merit owes himself to the homage of the rest of mankind who recognize his worth. — 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
When you bring a man two millions of money, you need have but little fear that you will not be well received. — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Man, a mere inhabitant of the earth, cannot overstep its boundaries! But though he is confined to its crust, he may penetrate… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
You cannot oppose reasoning to pride, the principal of all the vices, since, by its very nature, the proud man refuses to… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Imagine a society in which there were neither rich nor poor. What evils, afflictions, sorrows, disorders, catastrophes, disasters, tribulations, misfortunes, agonies, calamities,… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter. No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than… — 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
To modify the conditions of the Earth's movement is beyond the powers of man. It is not given to mankind to change… — 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… — 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… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“Why, you are a man of heart!" "Sometimes," replied Phileas Fogg, quietly. "When I have the time.” — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish. — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
It must be that a man who shuts himself up between four walls must lose the faculty of associating ideas and words. — 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
“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
