Quotes by Jules Verne

“I say, you do have a heart!""Sometimes," he replied, "when I have the time.””

“Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.””

“If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.””

“Science, my boy, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.””

“The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.””

“The sea is only the embodiment of asupernatural and wonderful existence.It is nothing but love and emotion;it is the ‘Living Infinite...””

“While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert...that 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.””

“The earth does not need new continents, but new men.””

“It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.””

“I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new””

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

“On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there is a calm and peace, unmolested by man””

“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?””