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1. "It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason." ~ Jules Verne
2. "Mobilis in Mobile" ~ Jules Verne
3. "What you do for money you do badly." ~ Jules Verne
4. "A scholar has to know a little of everything." ~ Jules Verne
5. "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." ~ Jules Verne
6. "No sir, it is evidently a gigantic narwhal" ~ Jules Verne
7. "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
8. "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?" ~ Jules Verne
9. "Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them." ~ Jules Verne
10. "Why, you are a man of heart!""Sometimes," replied Phileas Fogg, quietly. "When I have the time." ~ Jules Verne
11. "Mientras el corazón lata y la carne palpite, no me explico que un ser dotado de voluntad se deje dominar por la desesperación." ~ Jules Verne
12. "Für den Dichter ist die Perle eine Träne des Meeres; für die Orientalen ein fest gewordener Tautropfen; für die Frauen ein längliches Kleinod von durchsichtigem Glanz und Perlmutterstoff, welches sie am Finger, Hals oder Ohr tragen; für den Chemiker eine Mischung von phosphorsaurem und kohlensaurem Salz mit ein wenig Leim, und endlich für den Naturkundigen nur eine krankhafte Ausscheidung des Organes, welches bei einigen zweischaligen Muscheln die Perlmutter erzeugt." ~ Jules Verne
13. "— Isola in vendita per contanti, più le spese, al miglior offerente! — andava ripetendo a perdifiato Dean Felporg, banditore dell'auction, in cui venivano dibattute le condizioni di questa bizzarra vendita.— Isola in vendita! Isola in vendita! — ripeteva con voce ancora più sonora l'annunciatore Gingrass, che andava e veniva in mezzo a una folla eccitatissima." ~ Jules Verne
14. "AROUND" ~ Jules Verne
15. "Réfléchi! Est-ce que j'ai du temps à perdre? Je trouve l'occasion d'aller faire un tour dans la Lune, j'en profite, et voilà tout. Il me semble que cela ne mérite pas tant de réflexions." ~ Jules Verne
16. "La distance est un vain mot, la distance n'existe pas!" ~ Jules Verne
17. "- Eh bien, monsieur le naturaliste, demanda le Canadien d'un ton légèrement goguenard, et cette Méditerranée?- Nous flottons à sa surface, ami Ned.- Hein! Fit Conseil, cette nuit même?...- Oui, cette nuit même, en quelques minutes, nous avons franchi cet isthme infranchissable.- Je n'en crois rien, répondit le Canadien.- Et vous avez tort, maître Land, repris-je. Cette côte basse qui s'arrondit vers le sud est la côte égyptienne.- À d'autres, monsieur, répliqua l'entêté Canadien." ~ Jules Verne
18. "Passepartout was astounded, and, though ready to attempt anything to get over Medicine Creek, thought the experiment proposed a little too American." ~ Jules Verne
19. "Vier Tage lang, bis zum 3. Februar, befand sich der Nautilus im Meer von Oman, mit verschiedener Schnelligkeit und in verschiedener Tiefe. Es schien, als fahre er aufs Geratewohl, als habe er über die Fahrt geschwankt; doch kam er nicht über den Wendekreis des Krebses hinaus.Indem wir dieses Meer verließen, bekamen wir einen Augenblick Mascat zu sehen, die bedeutendste Stadt im Land Oman. Ich bewunderte ihr seltsames Aussehen, mitten in einer Umgebung schwarzer Felsen weiße Häuser und Festungswerke in grellem Abstich. Ich sah die runden Kuppeln ihrer Moscheen mit den schlanken Spitzen ihrer Minarette, ihren Terrassen in frischem Grün. Aber es war nur ein Gesicht meiner Phantasie, denn der Nautilus tauchte bald unter die dunkeln Wellen dieser Gegenden." ~ Jules Verne
20. "os anais da nova religião," ~ Jules Verne
21. "um mensageiro celeste lhe apareceu numa floresta luminosa e lhe devolveu os anais do Senhor." ~ Jules Verne
22. "It's really useful to travel, if you want to see new things." ~ Jules Verne
23. "submarine valley" ~ Jules Verne
24. "I felt that my true vocation, the sole end of my life, was to chase this disturbing monster and purge it from the world." ~ Jules Verne
25. "As for the orchestra,' Quinsonnas continued, 'it has fallen very low since his instrument no longer suffices to feed the instrumentalist! Talk about a trade that's not practical. Ah, if we could use the power wasted on the pedals of a piano for pumping water out of coal mines! If the air escaping from ophicleides could also be used to turn the Catacomb Company's windmills! If the trombone's alternating action could be applied to a mechanical sawmill - oh, then the executants would be rich and many!" ~ Jules Verne
26. "His tales took on the form of an epic poem, and I felt I was hearing some Canadian Homer reciting his Iliad of the High Arctic regions." ~ Jules Verne
27. "Curious anomaly, fantastic element!" said an ingenious naturalist, "in which the animal kingdom blossoms, and the vegetable does not!" ~ Jules Verne
28. "If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning." ~ Jules Verne
29. "Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best." ~ Jules Verne
30. "With time and thought, one can do a good job." ~ Jules Verne
31. "Man is never perfect, nor contended." ~ Jules Verne
32. "The cold, increased by the tremendous speed, deprived them of the power of speech." ~ Jules Verne
33. "One's native land!?there should one live! there die!" ~ Jules Verne
34. "Well, I thought I was so tranquil! I need to give up that illusion! There is decidedly no rest to be had in this world." ~ Jules Verne
35. "We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition!" ~ Jules Verne
36. "enigmatical" ~ Jules Verne
37. "Il mare è tutto. Copre i sette decimi del globo terrestre. Il suo respiro è puro e sano. È l'immenso deserto dove l'uomo non è mai solo, poiché sente fremere la vita accanto a sé. Il mare non è altro che il veicolo di un'esistenza soprannaturale e prodigiosa; non è che movimento e amore, è l'infinito vivente..." ~ Jules Verne
38. "populations" ~ Jules Verne
39. "El mas habil explicador de cosas inexplicables no entenderia lo que quieres decirHabla con mas claridad ¿de que se trata?-Wang respondiendo a Kin-fo" ~ Jules Verne
40. "Abre bien los ojos, mira." ~ Jules Verne
41. "Alluding to the extent of Florida, a mere peninsula confined between two seas, they pretended that it could never sustain the shock of the discharge, and that it would "bust up" at the very first shot."Very well, let it bust up!" replied the Floridans, with a brevity of the days of ancient Sparta." ~ Jules Verne
42. "with a clear" ~ Jules Verne
43. "Powder is but a thing of yesterday, and war is as old as the human race--unhappily." ~ Jules Verne
44. "Vete al comedor, da una vuelta alrededor de la mesa mirado siempre su centro, y cuando hayas concluido el paseo circular, habrás dado una vuelta alrededor de ti mismo, puesto que la vista habrá recorrido todos los puntos del comedor. Pues bien, el comedor es el Cielo, la mesa es la Tierra y tú eres la Luna." ~ Jules Verne
45. "THEY'D CHANGE THE AXIS OF THE EARTH!There are fortunes to be made in polar real estate! Just change the climate of both poles, warm them up, give them mild winters and pleasant summers, and watch the boom! At the same time, cool off the tropics, clear out the jungles, and there's billions more in it!That was the scheme of the famous Gun Club, the same space engineers who had fired the shot "From the Earth to the Moon." The story of how they planned to change the face of the Earth itself is a Jules Verne classic long out of print that's a delight to read and a real adventure in logical super-science." ~ Jules Verne
46. "Aouda fastened her great eyes, "clear as the sacred lakes of the Himalaya," upon him; but the intractable Fogg, as reserved as ever, did not seem at all inclined to throw himself into this lake." ~ Jules Verne
47. "Zwei Jahre Ferien', davon träumt gewiß jeder Junge, wenn ihm die Schule zum Hals heraushängt, aber auch auf einer einsamen und noch so herrlichen Insel muß man sich zusammenreißen, Ordnung halten und sich auf die anderen einstellen, wenn man überleben will." ~ Jules Verne
48. "Senhor, disse olhando-o fixamente, é coelho, isso?Sim, mylord, respondeu descaradamente o velhaco, coelho das jungles.E este coelho não miou quando o mataram?Miar! Oh! mylord! um coelho! Juro-lhe...Senhor maitre, replicou friamente Mr. Fogg, não jure e lembre-se disso: outrora, na índia, os gatos eram considerados animais sagrados. Eram bons tempos." ~ Jules Verne
49. "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?" ~ Jules Verne
50. "We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read." ~ Jules Verne
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