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
names ideas two
Now when an American has an idea, he directly seeks a second American to share it. If there be three, they elect a president and two secretaries. Given four, they name a keeper of records, and the office is ready for work; five, they convene a general meeting, and the club is fully constituted.
father men wisest-man
The wisest man may be a blind father.
words-love sentiments
I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word 'love' frightens me.
want ifs new-things
It's really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.
land should native
One's native land!?there should one live! there die!
character past mind
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.
sea speak ends
The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it?
squares land soul
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.
giving-up needs world
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.
matter obvious evasion
It was obvious that the matter had to be settled, and evasions were distasteful to me.
uncles design silence
It is certain," exclaimed my uncle in a tone of triumph. "But silence, do you hear me? silence upon the whole subject; and let no one get before us in this design of discovering the centre of the earth.
uncles rope want
Ah!" I cried, springing up. "But no! no! My uncle shall never know it. He would insist upon doing it too. He would want to know all about it. Ropes could not hold him, such a determined geologist as he is! He would start, he would, in spite of everything and everybody, and he would take me with him, and we should never get back. No, never! never!" My over-excitement was beyond all description.
talking wagers serious
A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager.
journey men long
But what then? What had he really gained by all this trouble? What had he brought back from this long and weary journey? Nothing, you say? Perhaps so; nothing but a charming woman, who, strange as it may appear, made him the happiest of men! Truly, would you not for less than that make the tour around the world?