French - Author | February 8, 1828 - March 24, 1905
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
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When you bring a man two millions of money, you need have but little fear that you will not be well received.
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It is said that the night brings counsel, but it is not said that the counsel is necessarily good.
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The possession of wealth leads almost inevitably to its abuse. It is the chief, if not the only, cause of evils which desolate this world below. The thirst for gold is responsible for the most regrettable lapses into sin.
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Imagine a society in which there were neither rich nor poor. What evils, afflictions, sorrows, disorders, catastrophes, disasters, tribulations, misfortunes, agonies, calamities, despair, desolation and ruin would be unknown to man!
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I have noticed that many who do not believe in God believe in everything else, even in the evil eye.
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Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
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Put two Yankees in a room together, and in an hour they will each have gained ten dollars from the other.
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However strong, however imposing a ship may appear, it is not 'disgraced' because it flies before the tempest. A commander ought always to remember that a man's life is worth more than the mere satisfaction of his own pride. In any case, to be obstinate is blameable, and to be wilful is dangerous.
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It is always a vulgar and often an unhealthy pastime, and it is a vice which does not go alone; the man who gambles will find himself capable of any evil.
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Dost thou know what life is, my child? Hast thou comprehended the action of those springs which produce existence? Hast thou examined thyself?
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Dost thou not understand that there are two distinct forces in us, that of the soul and that of the body, that is, a movement and a regulator?
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