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
stuff architect firm
The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.
believe cat clouds
I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.
book iron opinion
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.
heart men long
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.
distance circles league
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?
pride men british
Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!
men succeed energetic
An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
stronger impossible obstacles
There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!
may lasts chance
The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
law brave historical
We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
reality imagination facts
Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
lonely ocean men
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.
inspirational real men
Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
reality one-day next
How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!