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Now, the earth occupies one of the foci of the ellipse, and so at one point in its course is at its apogee, that is, at its farthest from the sun, — Jules Verne

Oh!' cried Neb, 'suppose it's jam!'
'I hope not,' replied the reporter. — Jules Verne

The cold, increased by the tremendous speed, deprived them of the power of speech. — Jules Verne

You cannot oppose reasoning to pride, the principal of all the vices, since, by its very nature, the proud man refuses to listen to it. — Jules Verne

If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning. — Jules Verne

I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new — Jules Verne

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

I wasn't a big science-fiction fan growing up. But I loved Jules Verne and Sherlock Holmes. Both came into play on 'The X-Files.' — Chris Carter

Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors. — Jules Verne

The latter seemed to be a victim to some emotion that he tried in vain to repress. — Jules Verne

It is only when you suffer that you really understand. — Jules Verne

With time and thought, one can do a good job. — Jules Verne

My house is small, but may heaven grant that it is never full of friends. — Jules Verne

Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors; but they are errors which it was good to fall into, for they led to the truth. — Jules Verne

In presence of Nature's grand convulsions man is powerless. — Jules Verne

Now," said I, "we must not let this water run away."
"Why not?" replied my uncle. "I suspect the spring is unfailing." (p. 105) — Jules Verne

The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment. — Jules Verne

A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager. — Jules Verne

Look with all your eyes, look. — Jules Verne

What one man can think, another man can do. — Jules Verne

Dinner was ready. Professor Lidenbrock did full justice to it, for his compulsory fast on board had turned his stomach into an unfathomable gulf. — Jules Verne

Anything a man can imagine, another can create — Jules Verne

Monsieur is going to leave home?" "Yes," returned Phileas Fogg. "We are going round the world. — Jules Verne

Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them. — Jules Verne

If his destiny be strange, it is also sublime. — Jules Verne

Poets are like proverbs: you can always find one to contradict another. — Jules Verne

In consequence of inventing machines, men will be devoured by them. — Jules Verne

He must have travelled everywhere, at least in the spirit. — Jules Verne

Better have two strings to one's bow than none at all! — Jules Verne

The thunderbolt without the reverberations of thunder would frighten man but little, though the danger lies in the lightning, not in the noise. — Jules Verne

Aures habent et non audient' - 'They have ears but hear not — Jules Verne

His countenance had resumed its habitual imperturbability. — Jules Verne

I looked on, I thought, I reflected, I admired, in a state of stupefaction not altogether unmingled with fear! — Jules Verne

I am the law, and I am the judge! — Jules Verne

It is not new continents the earth needs, but new men. — Jules Verne

But you perceive, my boy, that it is not so, and that facts, as usual, are very stubborn things, overruling all theories. — Jules Verne

It is better for us to see the destination we wish to reach, than the point of departure — Jules Verne

It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason. — Jules Verne

What!You know German? — Jules Verne

Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one. — Jules Verne

It was obvious that the matter had to be settled, and evasions were distasteful to me. — Jules Verne

Music is no longer tasted it is swallowed. — Jules Verne

It is only when you suffer that you truly understand. — Jules Verne

He was one of those intrepid observers who write under fire, "reporting" among bullets, and to whom every danger is welcome. — Jules Verne

I ask no more than to live a hundred years longer, that I may have more time to dwell the longer on your memory. — Jules Verne

When one has taken root, one puts out branches. — Jules Verne

With happiness as with health: to enjoy it, one should be deprived of it occasionally. — Jules Verne

Science, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make, for they lead step by step to the truth. — Jules Verne

I am induced to think," said Pencroft, "that this man was not wrecked on Tabor Island, but that in consequence of some crime he was left there. — Jules Verne

Is not a woman's heart unfathomable? — Jules Verne

Whereas, once under way, you can get so far that going forwards is the only choice. — Jules Verne

From the same cause, the idea of a floating hull of an enormous wreck was given up. — Jules Verne

All that is impossible remains to be accomplished. — Jules Verne

A minimum put to good use is enough for anything. — Jules Verne

Where others have failed, I will not fail. — Jules Verne

How tranquil is a coral tomb, and may the heavens grant that my companions and I be buried in no other! — Jules Verne

Mobilis in Mobile — Jules Verne

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real. — Jules Verne

Yes, forgotten by all else, but not by us. — Jules Verne

At Kiel, as elsewhere, a day goes by somehow or other. — Jules Verne

As to classing it in the list of fables, the idea was out of the question. — Jules Verne

His countenance possessed in the highest degree what physiognomists call "repose in action," a quality of those who act rather than talk. — Jules Verne

As a kid I read Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and a few others. As an adult have admired Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and notebooks. — Viggo Mortensen

When science has sent forth her fiat - it is only to hear and obey. — Jules Verne

The industrial stomach cannot live without coal; industry is a carbonivorous animal and must have its proper food. — Jules Verne

The travellers crossed, beyond Milligaum, the fatal country so often stained with blood by the sectaries of the goddess Kali. — Jules Verne

Died in 1814. He was — Jules Verne

I don't think a being endowed with will-power should ever despair,as long as his hear beats. — Jules Verne

How many persons condemned to the horrors of solitary confinement have gone mad - simply because the thinking faculties have lain dormant! — Jules Verne

Until I dicover the meaning of this sentence, I will neither eat nor sleep.
"My dear uncle-" I began.
"Nor you either," he added. — Jules Verne

the coast, irregular — Jules Verne

Therever fortune clears a way, thither our ready footsteps stray. — Jules Verne

proportioned. While — Jules Verne

Marie-Laure from Jules Verne: Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by — Anthony Doerr

Sir," replied the commander, "I am nothing to you but Captain Nemo; and you and your companions are nothing to me but the passengers of the Nautilus. — Jules Verne

He believed in it, as certain good women believe in the leviathan-by faith, not by reason. — Jules Verne

You're never rich enough if you can be richer. — Jules Verne

The game was in his eyes a contest, a struggle with a difficulty, yet a motionless, unwearying struggle, congenial to his tastes. — Jules Verne

Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English. — Jules Verne

The fewer one's comforts, the fewer one's needs; and the fewer one's needs, the greater one's happiness. — Jules Verne

To the sheepfold! — Jules Verne

I am inclined to think that the people who landed on this coast were only here a very short time ago, — Jules Verne

Enough. When science has spoken, it is for us to hold our peace. -Lidenbrock — Jules Verne

However, everything has an end, everything passes away, even the hunger of people who have not eaten — Jules Verne

A true Englishman never jokes when he has a stake depending on the matter. — Jules Verne

Could it have passed away in electric sheets, as is sometimes the case with regard to the typhoons of the Indian Ocean? — Jules Verne

I'm the most translated writer in the world, behind Lenin, Tolstoy, Gorki and Jules Verne. And they're all dead ... — Mickey Spillane

There is hope for the future, and when the world is ready for a new and better life, all these things will some day come to pass, - in God's good time — Jules Verne

It must be that a man who shuts himself up between four walls must lose the faculty of associating ideas and words. — Jules Verne

I discovered it, ventured into it, and before long, sir, you too will have passed through my Arabian tunnel! — Jules Verne

No sir, it is evidently a gigantic narwhal — Jules Verne

what gamblers regret the most isn't the loss of their money so much as the loss of their insane hopes. But — Jules Verne

An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else. — Jules Verne

I never liked Jules Verne, believing that the real was always more fantastic than the fantastical. — Bruce Chatwin

What I'd like to be above all is a writer ... — Jules Verne

One of my objectives is learning more than is absolutely necessary. — Jules Verne

It's really useful to travel, if you want to see new things. — Jules Verne

During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland — Jules Verne

I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word 'love' frightens me. — Jules Verne

Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards. — Jules Verne