Many come to seek fortunes who only find trouble and sorrow, and then they throw the blame on chance, and forget the true cause is their own idleness… - Jules Verne

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Many come to seek fortunes who only find trouble and sorrow, and then they throw the blame on chance, and forget the true cause is their own idleness and vice and want of commonsense. Whoever is sober and industrious, honest and economical, gets on.

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About Jules Verne

Jules Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French writer best known as a pioneering author in science fiction.

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Alternative Names: Jules Gabriel Verne Julius Verne
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