Mobilis in Mobile

Jules Verne


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We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.

Jules Verne

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I say, you do have a heart!"

"Sometimes," he replied, "when I have the time.

Jules Verne


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We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

Jules Verne

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On the earth, even in the darkest night, the light never wholly abandons his rule. It is diffused and subtle, but little as may remain, the retina of the eye is sensible of it.

Jules Verne


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But Phileas Fogg, who was not traveling, but only describing a circumfrence,...

Jules Verne


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The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite.

Jules Verne


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[we see that] science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.

Jules Verne

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

Jules Verne

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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

Jules Verne


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