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.
JACK LONDONA man with a club is a law-maker.
More Jack London Quotes
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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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Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.
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So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.
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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 Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.
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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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Alcohol tells truth, but its truth is not normal.
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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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I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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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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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings.
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Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
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The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.
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Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, was the law; and this mandate, down out of the depths of Time.
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