Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Quotes

“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, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

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“The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.”

― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

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“What gamblers usually regret above all is less the loss of their money than of their foolish hopes.”

― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

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“No man could demand from him an account of his actions; God, if he believed in one—his conscience, if he had one—were the sole judges to whom he was answerable.”

― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

topic:actionjudgementindependence

“Where others have failed, I will not fail.”

― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

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“Perfume is the soul of the flower, and sea-flowers have no soul.”

― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

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“Liberty is worth paying for”

― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

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