Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: '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?' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'Dost thou know what life is, my child? Hast thou comprehended the action of those springs which produce existence? Hast thou examined thyself?' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'Man, a mere inhabitant of the earth, cannot overstep its boundaries! But though he is confined to its crust, he may penetrate into all its secrets.' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'When you bring a man two millions of money, you need have but little fear that you will not be well received.' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'The wisest man may be a blind father.' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'If Providence has created the stars and the planets, man has called the cannonball into existence.' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'How many persons condemned to the horrors of solitary confinement have gone mad - simply because the thinking faculties have lain dormant!' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'It must be that a man who shuts himself up between four walls must lose the faculty of associating ideas and words.' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'When science has sent forth her fiat - it is only to hear and obey.' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise, they would be arrested off-hand.' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'It is for others one must learn to do everything; for there lies the secret of happiness.' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'It may be taken for granted that, rash as Americans usually are, when they are prudent, there is good reason for it.' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Voltaire: 'The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Voltaire: 'Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes.' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Voltaire: 'The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.' Read More Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Voltaire: 'One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.' Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: '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?' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'Dost thou know what life is, my child? Hast thou comprehended the action of those springs which produce existence? Hast thou examined thyself?' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'Man, a mere inhabitant of the earth, cannot overstep its boundaries! But though he is confined to its crust, he may penetrate into all its secrets.' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'When you bring a man two millions of money, you need have but little fear that you will not be well received.' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'The wisest man may be a blind father.' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'If Providence has created the stars and the planets, man has called the cannonball into existence.' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'How many persons condemned to the horrors of solitary confinement have gone mad - simply because the thinking faculties have lain dormant!' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'It must be that a man who shuts himself up between four walls must lose the faculty of associating ideas and words.' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'When science has sent forth her fiat - it is only to hear and obey.' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise, they would be arrested off-hand.' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'It is for others one must learn to do everything; for there lies the secret of happiness.' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Jules Verne: 'It may be taken for granted that, rash as Americans usually are, when they are prudent, there is good reason for it.' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Voltaire: 'The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Voltaire: 'Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes.' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Voltaire: 'The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.' Read More
Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Quote Meanings 2 11/15/23 Voltaire: 'One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.' Read More