On the morrow the horizon was covered with clouds- a thick and impenetrable curtain between earth and sky, which unhappily extended as far as the Rocky Mountains. It was a fatality!
From Jules Verne
Everybody knows that England is the world of betting men, who are of a higher class than mere gamblers: to bet is in the English temperament.
In presence of Nature's grand convulsions, man is powerless.
It is certain that the inanimate objects by which you are surrounded have a direct action on the brain.
'Movement is life;' and it is well to be able to forget the past, and kill the present by continual change.
I have noticed that many who do not believe in God believe in everything else, even in the evil eye.
Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
You're never rich enough if you can be richer.
Far better to be the simplest pedestrian, with knapsack on back, stick in hand, and gun on shoulder, than an Indian prince travelling with all the ceremonial which his rank requires.
Is not a woman's heart unfathomable?
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