Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth. Jules Verne More Quotes by Jules Verne More Quotes From Jules Verne Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called India, embraces fourteen hundred thousand square miles, upon which is spread unequally a population of one hundred and eighty millions of souls. Jules Verne squares land soul What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it? Jules Verne pens horror scene Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise. Jules Verne worst surprise firsts Well, I thought I was so tranquil! I need to give up that illusion! There is decidedly no rest to be had in this world. Jules Verne giving-up world needs I have always made a point in my romances of basing my so-called inventions upon a groundwork of actual fact, and of using in their construction methods and materials which are not entirely without the pale of contemporary engineering skill and knowledge. Jules Verne engineering romance skills You are going to visit the land of marvels. Jules Verne land The earth does not need new continents, but new men. Jules Verne doe men needs We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer. Jules Verne black able eye When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future. Jules Verne mind character past I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of heat and light, of an intensity of which coal is not capable. Jules Verne hydrogen-fuel oxygen believe And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow. Jules Verne fortune may way Anything a man can imagine, another can create Jules Verne imagine men As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they were made to be overcome. Jules Verne ferguson tone overcoming I looked on, I thought, I reflected, I admired, in a state of stupefaction not altogether unmingled with fear! Jules Verne states Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors. Jules Verne gratitude heart thank-you There is no more sagacious animal than the Icelandic horse. He is stopped by neither snow, nor storm, nor impassable roads, nor rocks, glaciers, or anything. He is courageous, sober, and surefooted. He never makes a false step, never shies. If there is a river or fjord to cross (and we shall meet with many) you will see him plunge in at once, just as if he were amphibious, and gain the opposite bank. Jules Verne horse rocks animal Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English. Jules Verne eccentric I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. Jules Verne cat earth believe Nothing can astound an American. It has often been asserted that the word "impossible" is not a French one. People have evidently been deceived by the dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple; and as for mechanical difficulties, they are overcome before they arise. Jules Verne simple america people It swam crossways in the direction of the Nautilus with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes. Its eight arms, or rather feet, fixed to its head, that have given the name of cephalopod to these animals, were twice as long as its body, and were twisted like the furies' hair. Jules Verne eight eye animal
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