We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition! — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Travel enables us to enrich our lives with new experiences, to enjoy and to be educated, to learn respect for foreign cultures,… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Everybody knows that England is the world of betting men, who are of a higher class than mere gamblers: to bet is… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
The Yankees, the first mechanicians in the world, are engineers - just as the Italians are musicians and the Germans metaphysicians -… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
I have always fancied that the end of the world will be when some enormous boiler, heated to three thousand millions of… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
He was the most deliberate person in the world, yet always reached his destination at the exact moment. As for Phileas Fogg,… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
The possession of wealth leads almost inevitably to its abuse. It is the chief, if not the only, cause of evils which… — 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
It was all very well for an Englishman like Mr. Fogg to make the tour of the world with a carpet-bag; a… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Well, I thought I was so tranquil! I need to give up that illusion! There is decidedly no rest to be had… — 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
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
I have been, am, in his service; I have seen his generosity and goodness; and I will never betray him-not for all… — 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
