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
men perfect
Man is never perfect nor contented.
solitude endurance isolation
Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.
people passing-away hunger
However, everything has an end, everything passes away, even the hunger of people who have not eaten
eye men mind
But to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers the mind!
house heaven may
My house is small, but may heaven grant that it is never full of friends.
way may fortune
And whichsoever way thou goest, may fortune follow.
men thinking one-man
What one man can think, another man can do.
talking wagers serious
A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager.
ears
Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not
men littles lightning
If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
hands faces would-be
Great robbers always resemble honest folk. Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise, they would be arrested off-hand.
country america people
In lighthearted countries, people joked about this phenomenon, but such serious, practical countries as England, America, and Germany were deeply concerned.
feet savages professors
Savages!' he echoed, ironically. 'You set foot on one of the shores of this globe, professor, and you’re surprised to find savages? Where aren’t there savages? Besides, are they any worse than others, these whom you call savages?
generosity gold world
I have been, am, in his service; I have seen his generosity and goodness; and I will never betray him-not for all the gold in the world. I have come from a village where they don't eat that kind of bread.