'Movement is life;' and it is well to be able to forget the past, and kill the present by continual change. Jules Verne changecontinualforget Change image and share on social
The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future? Jules Verne accomplishcircledistance share on social
It is said that the night brings counsel, but it is not said that the counsel is necessarily good. Jules Verne bringcounselgood Change image and share on social
He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem. Jules Verne actionbelieveenemy Change image and share on social
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. Jules Verne capableevilfind Change image and share on social
The Yankees, the first mechanicians in the world, are engineers - just as the Italians are musicians and the Germans metaphysicians - by right of birth. Nothing is more natural, therefore, than to perceive them applying their audacious ingenuity to the science of gunnery. Jules Verne applyaudaciousbirth share on social
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 apexbasecall share on social
So is man's heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world. Jules Verne creaturedesiredominion share on social
Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English. Jules Verne eccentricenglish Change image and share on social
How many persons condemned to the horrors of solitary confinement have gone mad - simply because the thinking faculties have lain dormant! Jules Verne condemnconfinementdormant Change image and share on social
