I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
JACK LONDONNot all the monsters have fangs.
More Jack London Quotes
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Too much is written by the men who can’t write about the men who do write.
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To be able to forget means sanity.
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Strength is an empty shell.
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I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
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He was a silent fury who no torment could tame.
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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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A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.
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The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
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Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
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I would rather be ashes than dust.
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One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
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So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.
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Love cannot in its very nature be peaceful or content. It is a restlessness, an unsatisfaction. I can grant a lasting love just as I can grant a lasting unsatisfaction; but the lasting love cannot be coupled with possession, for love is pain and desire and possession is easement and fulfilment.
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