“He fulfilled in all emergencies those three conditions which united ought to insure human success—activity of mind and body, impetuous wishes, and… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
But to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings. And the sea is precisely their best vehicle, the only medium through… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Hunger, prolonged, is temporary madness! The brain is at work without its required food, and the most fantastic notions fill the mind.… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Is the Master out of his mind?' she asked me. I nodded. 'And he's taking you with him?' I nodded again. 'Where?'… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“But when the mind once allows a doubt to gain an entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes,… — 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
