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Explore the visionary world of Jules Verne through his most profound and inspiring quotes. This collection delves into his thoughts on science, the mysteries of the sea, the power of invention, and the boundless nature of human imagination. Discover wisdom from one of literature's greatest explorers, alongside other thought leaders like Leonardo da Vinci and H.G. Wells.

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00:00Science, my lad, is made up of errors, but of errors which it is good to commit, for they gradually
00:06lead to the truth.
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00:12The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence.
00:18It is nothing but love and emotion, it is the living infinite.
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00:26The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
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00:35We are of opinion that the earth is more beautiful than the heaven.
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00:43What a formidable instrument for good or for evil is a pen.
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00:52I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen, which constitute it, used singly
00:59or together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of light and heat.
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01:08The human mind, in spite of all its progress, is still far from having reached the last limits of discovery.
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01:19The sea is everything.
01:22It covers seven-tenths of the terrestrial globe.
01:26Its breath is pure and healthy.
01:29It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.
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01:39In the domain of imagination, there are no limits.
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01:48On the ocean, in the air, or on the earth, the spirit of invention is still the same.
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01:58An ocean, a sea, a lake, a river, give them what name you will, they are all but parts of
02:04a single, mighty whole.
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02:10Before all else, before any of the machines for the discovery of truth, there is the imagination.
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02:21The future will be what we make it.
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02:27The sea is an immense and marvelous book for those who know how to read it.
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02:37Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
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02:44It is a great misfortune to be too much alone, and, above all, to live with only men who are
02:50interested in the same things as ourselves.
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02:57All that is human must perish, but the earth and the heavens remain, so let us live in harmony with
03:04them and make their destiny our own.
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03:10I wanted to see if I could write a novel where the interest lay, not in the characters, but in
03:16the incidents.
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03:21Man is never perfect, nor contented, nor satisfied.
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03:30The human race will not progress until it has provided all the comforts and advantages of wealth to all its
03:36members.
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