Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.
JACK LONDONDon’t write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen.
More Jack London Quotes
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But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
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And how have I lived? Frankly and openly, though crudely. I have not been afraid of life. I have not shrunk from it. I have taken it for what it was at its own valuation. And I have not been ashamed of it. Just as it was, it was mine.
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I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me.
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His conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be. The cub’s fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience. Thenceforth, in the nature of things, he would possess an abiding distrust of appearances.
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Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.
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Not all the monsters have fangs.
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One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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The function of man is to live, not to exist.
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It’s better to stand by someone’s side than by yourself
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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Age is never so old as youth would measure it.
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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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Socialism, when the last word is said, is merely a new economic and political system whereby more men can get food to eat.
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There’s only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the dissapointments.
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I would rather be ashes than dust.
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