The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it? Jules Verne beginendglobe Change image and share on social
We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer. Jules Verne blackdensediscern Change image and share on social
Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards. Jules Verne civilizationforcelaw Change image and share on social
Well, my friend, this earth will one day be that cold corpse; it will become uninhabitable and uninhabited like the moon, which has long since lost all its vital heat. Jules Verne coldcorpseday Change image and share on social
The moon, by her comparative proximity, and the constantly varying appearances produced by her several phases, has always occupied a considerable share of the attention of the inhabitants of the earth. Jules Verne appearanceattentioncomparative share on social
You cannot oppose reasoning to pride, the principal of all the vices, since, by its very nature, the proud man refuses to listen to it. Jules Verne listenmannature Change image and share on social
The Yankees, the first mechanicians in the world, are engineers - just as the Italians are musicians and the Germans metaphysicians - by right of birth. Nothing is more natural, therefore, than to perceive them applying their audacious ingenuity to the science of gunnery. Jules Verne applyaudaciousbirth share on social
Numerous observations made upon fevers, somnambulisms, and other human maladies, seem to prove that the moon does exercise some mysterious influence upon man. Jules Verne exercisefeverhuman Change image and share on social
On the morrow the horizon was covered with clouds- a thick and impenetrable curtain between earth and sky, which unhappily extended as far as the Rocky Mountains. It was a fatality! Jules Verne cloudcovercurtain Change image and share on social
Ah! Young people, travel if you can, and if you cannot - travel all the same! Jules Verne peopletravelyoung Change image and share on social