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Jules Verne, born on February 8, 1828, in Nantes, France, and died on March 24, 1905. He was a renowned French science fiction novelist in the 19th century, known as the 'Father of Science Fiction'. Verne's works are characterized by their rich imagination and unique scientific fantasy, with notable titles such as 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea' and 'Around the World in Eighty Days'.

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All Men Earth Ifs May World Sea Humans Knows Made Believe Heart Mind Eye Globes Imagine Impossible Land Littles Long Needs

Famous Jules Verne Quotes

“I say, you do have a heart!" "Sometimes," he replied, "when I have the time.”

Heart Sometimes

Book:Around the World in Eighty Days

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

“So is man's heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world.”

Men World Heart Desire Creatures Endure Justify Superiority Dominion Living Creatures

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Jules Verne (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Jules Verne (Illustrated)

“While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert...that as long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.”

Men Heart Long Despair Beats Flesh Gifted Heart Beat There Is Hope Quiver

Author:Jules Verne

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

Heart Seems Gratitude Thank You Sailor Steam

Book:Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea / Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea / Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)

“As long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together, I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of life.”

Needs Heart Long Soul Body Together Creatures Despair Beats Heart Beat Start The Day

Book:A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth / Voyage au centre de la terre (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)

Source: A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth / Voyage au centre de la terre (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)

“With its untold depths, couldn't the sea keep alive such huge specimens of life from another age, this sea that never changes while the land masses undergo almost continuous alteration? Couldn't the heart of the ocean hide the last–remaining varieties of these titanic species, for whom years are centuries and centuries millennia?”

Years Heart Age Lasts Alive Sea Land Century Huge Ocean Mass Species Depth Variety Never Change Alterations

Book:Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea