Ah! Young people, travel if you can, and if you cannot - travel all the same!
From Jules Verne
He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.
In consequence of inventing machines, men will be devoured by them.
It may be taken for granted that, rash as Americans usually are, when they are prudent, there is good reason for it.
The Yankees, the first mechanicians in the world, are engineers - just as the Italians are musicians and the Germans metaphysicians - by right of birth. Nothing is more natural, therefore, than to perceive them applying their audacious ingenuity to the science of gunnery.
Dost thou know what life is, my child? Hast thou comprehended the action of those springs which produce existence? Hast thou examined thyself?
With happiness as with health: to enjoy it, one should be deprived of it occasionally.
Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter. No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation. It is only when you suffer that you really understand.
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.
You cannot oppose reasoning to pride, the principal of all the vices, since, by its very nature, the proud man refuses to listen to it.
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