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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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Famous Jules Verne Quotes

“A scholar has to know a little of everything.”

Knows Littles Scholar

Book:The Extraordinary Journeys: The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

Source: The Extraordinary Journeys: The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

“The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature. The globe began with sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it?”

Ifs Knows Ends Speak Sea Globes Reservoirs

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)

“We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition!”

Knows World Humans This World Ambition Bounds

Book:The Extraordinary Journeys: The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

Source: The Extraordinary Journeys: The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

“An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.”

Knows London Criminals Concealed

Book:Around the World in Eighty Days

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

“Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called India, embraces fourteen hundred thousand square miles, upon which is spread unequally a population of one hundred and eighty millions of souls.”

Knows Soul Millions Land Thousand Hundred India Embrace South Population Spread Miles Squares Eighty Fourteen Triangles Apex

Book:Around the World in Eighty Days

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

“Ah!" I cried, springing up. "But no! no! My uncle shall never know it. He would insist upon doing it too. He would want to know all about it. Ropes could not hold him, such a determined geologist as he is! He would start, he would, in spite of everything and everybody, and he would take me with him, and we should never get back. No, never! never!" My over-excitement was beyond all description.”

Knows Want Should Determined Excitement Spite Description Get Back Take Me Cried Uncles Rope Geologist

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)

“Wherever he saw a hole he always wanted to know the depth of it. To him this was important.”

Knows Important Wanted Saws Depth Holes

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)