“But Heaven never sends unmixed grief, and for Professor Liedenbrock there was a satisfaction in store proportioned to his desperate anxieties.”
More from Jules Verne
“An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.”
“Man is never perfect, nor contented.”
“Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.”
“We cannot prevent equilibrium from producing its effects. We may brave human laws, but we…”