So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.
JACK LONDONLife is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
More Jack London Quotes
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Strength is an empty shell.
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I would rather be ashes than dust.
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The aim of life was meat. Life itself was meat. Life lived on life. There were the eaters and the eaten.
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White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
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Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
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It is so much easier to live placidly and complacently. Of course, to live placidly and complacently is not to live at all.
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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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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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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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I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
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Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
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The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.
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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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Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.
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