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
courage death fear hands highest passive possesses sees truly
The Chinaman has only a passive courage, but this courage he possesses in the highest degree. His indifference to death is truly extraordinary. When he is ill, he sees it approach, and does not falter. When condemned, and already in the hands of an officer, he manifests no fear.
avoid cannot great perhaps
To put up with what you cannot avoid is a philosophical principle, that may not perhaps lead you to the accomplishment of great deeds, but is assuredly eminently practical.
beyond change conditions creator given mankind movement order powers system
To modify the conditions of the Earth's movement is beyond the powers of man. It is not given to mankind to change the order established by the Creator in the system of the Universe.
degree good latitude north pole regions
The regions of the North Pole situated within the eighty-fourth degree of north latitude have not yet been utilized, for the very good reason that they have not yet been discovered.
clear nature sentiment
You seize sentiment better when you get clear of nature. You breathe it in every sense!
admitting life power
What is there unreasonable in admitting the intervention of a supernatural power in the most ordinary circumstances of life?
happiness learn lies others secret
It is for others one must learn to do everything; for there lies the secret of happiness.
audacious cannot guarantee people united
In the United States, there is no project so audacious for which people cannot be found to guarantee the cost and find the working expenses.
inventing men
In consequence of inventing machines, men will be devoured by them.
faculty four himself lose man
It must be that a man who shuts himself up between four walls must lose the faculty of associating ideas and words.
surest
One has only to follow events, and you will be all right. The surest way is to take whatever comes as it comes.
alone himself man unhealthy vice vulgar
It is always a vulgar and often an unhealthy pastime, and it is a vice which does not go alone; the man who gambles will find himself capable of any evil.
allow flesh himself
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 and will can allow himself to despair.
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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.