"A man of merit owes himself to the……" — Jules Verne
"A man of merit owes himself to the homage of the rest of mankind who recognize his worth."
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151 Quotes by Jules Verne
Jules Verne has 151 quotes on this site.
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I have always fancied that the end of the world will be when some enormous boiler, heated to three thousand…
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I believe cats to be spirits come to earth.
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The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
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Science, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make, for they lead step by…
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No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation. It is…
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The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons…
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Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
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We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after…
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Travel enables us to enrich our lives with new experiences, to enjoy and to be educated, to learn respect for…
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I am nothing to you but Captain Nemo; and you and your companions are nothing to me but the passengers…
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As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature…
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Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!
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More Homage Quotes
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In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy.
— Lord Byron
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Whether it's a blatant homage or unconscious mimicry, the Rolling Stones have permanently, indelibly influenced how rock stars look and…
— Diablo Cody
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According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of which serves as a mirror in…
— Charles Francis Richter
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Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Prayer is not a hard requirement - it is the natural duty of a creature to its creator, the simplest…
— Charles Spurgeon
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If you tell an ugly woman that she is beautiful, you offer her the great homage of corrupting the concept…
— Ayn Rand
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The surest pledge of a deathless name Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God
— Epictetus
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Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain…
— Charles Simmons
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It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage and such only as he believes…
— James Madison
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There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the…
— Thomas Browne
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If we refuse our homage to statues and frigid images, the very counterpart of their dead originals, with which hawks,…
— Tertullian
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