Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Vernewas a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth8 February 1828
CityNantes, France
CountryFrance
new-experiences culture world
Travel enables us to enrich our lives with new experiences, to enjoy and to be educated, to learn respect for foreign cultures, to establish friendships, and above all to contribute to international cooperation and peace throughout the world.
assuming surprise worst
It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.
masters teach
Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
supernatural-beings mind delight
The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
jobs good-job can-do
With time and thought, one can do a good job.
journey sea embodiment
The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the ‘Living Infinite...
eye black able
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.
math want figures
Oh, figures!' answered Ned. 'You can make figures do whatever you want.
moon phases earth
The moon, by her comparative proximity, and the constantly varying appearances produced by her several phases, has always occupied a considerable share of the attention of the inhabitants of the earth.
thank-you gratitude heart
Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.
speech cold speed
The cold, increased by the tremendous speed, deprived them of the power of speech.
travel spirit
He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit.
littles scholar knows
A scholar has to know a little of everything.
giving way theory
[we see that] science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.