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
surest
One has only to follow events, and you will be all right. The surest way is to take whatever comes as it comes.
human mysterious numerous prove seem
Numerous observations made upon fevers, somnambulisms, and other human maladies, seem to prove that the moon does exercise some mysterious influence upon man.
alone himself man unhealthy vice vulgar
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.
allow flesh himself
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.
club directly elect fully general given keeper name ready second seeks share work
Now, when an American has an idea, he directly seeks a second American to share it. If there be three, they elect a president and two secretaries. Given four, they name a keeper of records, and the office is ready for work; five, they convene a general meeting, and the club is fully constituted.
convinced mere paid repeat satellite serious twenty visit
I repeat that the distance between the earth and her satellite is a mere trifle, and undeserving of serious consideration. I am convinced that before twenty years are over, one-half of our earth will have paid a visit to the moon.
belong below carried exercise feet influence men power reign surface tear thirty unjust
The sea does not belong to despots. Upon its surface men can still exercise unjust laws, fight, tear one another to pieces, and be carried away with terrestrial horrors. But at thirty feet below its level, their reign ceases, their influence is quenched, and their power disappears.
fear man millions money
When you bring a man two millions of money, you need have but little fear that you will not be well received.
forth science sent
When science has sent forth her fiat - it is only to hear and obey.
One's native land! There should one live! There die!
change forget life present
'Movement is life;' and it is well to be able to forget the past, and kill the present by continual change.
course fellows remain
Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise, they would be arrested off-hand.
dollars gained ten yankees
Put two Yankees in a room together, and in an hour they will each have gained ten dollars from the other.
submitted
The body regulates the soul, and, like the balance-wheel, it is submitted to regular oscillations.