“We cannot prevent equilibrium from producing its effects. We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.”
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.”
“The Earth does not want new continents, but new men.”