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263 Powerful Jules Verne Quotes to Inspire You

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About Jules Verne
Jules Verne (born February 8, 1828 – died March 24, 1905) was a French author widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of science fiction. Known for his visionary imagination, Verne penned works that anticipated future scientific advancements and explored uncharted territories. His novels, such as “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” and “Around the World in Eighty Days”, combined adventure with speculative technology, captivating readers with their bold ideas and gripping narratives.

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Here are 263 Powerful quotes by Jules Verne on various topics to inspire you.

On the morrow the horizon was covered with clouds- a

1. “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!”

Ah monsieur to live in the bosom of the sea

2. “Ah, monsieur, to live in the bosom of the sea! Only there can independence be found! There I recognize no master! There I am free!”

He lived alone and so to speak outside of every

3. “He lived alone, and, so to speak, outside of every social relation; and as he knew that in this world account must be taken of friction, and that friction retards, he never rubbed against anybody.”

What human being would ever have conceived the idea of

4. “What human being would ever have conceived the idea of such a journey? and, if such a person really existed, he must be an idiot, whom one would shut up in a lunatic ward, rather than within the walls of the projectile.”

It must be that a man who shuts himself up

5. “It must be that a man who shuts himself up between four walls must lose the faculty of associating ideas and words.”

Nature's creative power is far beyond man's instinct of destruction

6. “Nature's creative power is far beyond man's instinct of destruction.”

When the heart and the reason are struggling it is

7. “When the heart and the reason are struggling, it is generally the heart that wins the mastery.”

I seriously believed that my last hour was approaching and

8. “I seriously believed that my last hour was approaching, and yet, so strange is imagination, all I thought of was some childish hypothesis or other. In such circumstances, you do not choose your own thoughts. They overcome you.”

How many persons condemned to the horrors of solitary confinement

9. “How many persons condemned to the horrors of solitary confinement have gone mad - simply because the thinking faculties have lain dormant!”

There is hope for the future and when the world

10. “There is hope for the future, and when the world is ready for a new and better life, all these things will some day come to pass, – in God's good time.”

Walls were invented simply to frustrate scientists All walls should

11. “Walls were invented simply to frustrate scientists. All walls should be banned.”

The travellers crossed beyond Milligaum the fatal country so often

12. “The travellers crossed, beyond Milligaum, the fatal country so often stained with blood by the sectaries of the goddess Kali.”

It is said that the night brings counsel but it

13. “It is said that the night brings counsel, but it is not said that the counsel is necessarily good.”

It may be taken for granted that rash as Americans

14. “It may be taken for granted that, rash as Americans usually are, when they are prudent, there is good reason for it.”

The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident a

15. “The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten.”

I wouldn't be at all surprised; but I will not

16. “I wouldn't be at all surprised; but I will not be eaten without protest!”

I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments The very

17. “I am very bad at expressing tender sentiments. The very word 'love' frightens me.”

The human mind enjoys impressive visions of unearthly creatures

18. “The human mind enjoys impressive visions of unearthly creatures.”

I declare it is easy to lead a snail's life

19. “I declare it is easy to lead a snail's life.”

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth A

20. “I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.”

The earth does not need new continents but new men

21. “The earth does not need new continents, but new men.”

Ah women and young girls how incomprehensible are your feminine

22. “Ah! women and young girls, how incomprehensible are your feminine hearts!”

Civilization is like air or water Wherever there is a

23. “Civilization is like air or water. Wherever there is a passage, be it only a fissure, it will penetrate and modify the conditions of a country.”

Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it

24. “Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.”

If there were no thunder men would have little fear

25. “If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.”

The colonists had no library at their disposal; but the

26. “The colonists had no library at their disposal; but the engineer was a book which was always at hand, always open at the page which one wanted, a book which answered all their questions, and which they often consulted.”

This done they entered the grotto of which the floor

27. “This done, they entered the grotto, of which the floor was strewn with bones, the guns were carefully loaded, in case of a sudden attack, they had supper, and then just before they lay down to rest, the heap of wood piled at the entrance was set fire to. Immediately, a regular explosion, or rather a series of reports, broke the silence! The noise was caused by the bamboos, which, as the flames reached them, exploded like fireworks. The noise was enough to terrify even the boldest of wild beasts.”

What use are the best of arguments when they can

28. “What use are the best of arguments when they can be destroyed by force?”

I would have bartered a diamond mine for a glass

29. “I would have bartered a diamond mine for a glass of pure spring water!”

The Chinaman has only a passive courage but this courage

30. “The Chinaman has only a passive courage, but this courage he possesses in the highest degree. His indifference to death is truly extraordinary. When he is ill, he sees it approach, and does not falter. When condemned, and already in the hands of an officer, he manifests no fear.”

Most annoying circumstances have brought you into the presence of

31. “Most annoying circumstances have brought you into the presence of a man who has broken all the ties of humanity. You have come to trouble my existence.”

I looked at his intelligent forehead furrowed with premature wrinkles

32. “I looked at his intelligent forehead, furrowed with premature wrinkles, produced probably by misfortune and sorrow. I tried to learn the secret of his life from the last words that escaped his lips.”

However strange his destiny may be it is also sublime

33. “However strange his destiny may be, it is also sublime! I myself have understood that much. Did I not also live this unnatural life for ten months? Thus, to that question asked six thousand years ago by Ecclesiastes, 'That which is far off, and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?' only two men now have the right to answer: Captain Nemo and myself.”

Almighty God enough enough

34. “Almighty God! enough! enough!”

The Great Architect of the universe built it of good

35. “The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.”

Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts

36. “Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.”

During the War of the Rebellion a new and influential

37. “During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland.”

The mansion in Saville Row though not sumptuous was exceedingly

38. “The mansion in Saville Row, though not sumptuous, was exceedingly comfortable. The habits of its occupant were such as to demand but little from the sole domestic, but Phileas Fogg required him to be almost superhumanly prompt and regular.”

Indian dancing-girls clothed in rose-coloured gauze looped up with gold

39. “Indian dancing-girls, clothed in rose-coloured gauze, looped up with gold and silver, danced airily, but with perfect modesty, to the sound of viols and the clanging of tambourines.”

Though sleep is called our best friend it is a

40. “Though sleep is called our best friend, it is a friend who often keeps us waiting!”

When he chose to take a walk it was with

41. “When he chose to take a walk it was with a regular step in the entrance hall with its mosaic flooring, or in the circular gallery with its dome supported by twenty red porphyry Ionic columns, and illumined by blue painted windows.”

When one has taken root one puts out branches

42. “When one has taken root, one puts out branches.”

Anything capable of being imagined will one day be made

43. “Anything capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.”

Beneath the lower point of the balloon swung a car

44. “Beneath the lower point of the balloon swung a car, containing five passengers, scarcely visible in the midst of the thick vapor mingled with spray which hung over the surface of the ocean.”

The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur

45. “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?”

The wisest man may be a blind father

46. “The wisest man may be a blind father.”

Man a mere inhabitant of the earth cannot overstep its

47. “Man, a mere inhabitant of the earth, cannot overstep its boundaries! But though he is confined to its crust, he may penetrate into all its secrets.”

Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself

48. “Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.”

The game was in his eyes a contest a struggle

49. “The game was in his eyes a contest, a struggle with a difficulty, yet a motionless, unwearying struggle, congenial to his tastes.”

I have noticed that many who do not believe in

50. “I have noticed that many who do not believe in God believe in everything else, even in the evil eye.”

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