He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive.
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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In a saturated population life is always cheap.
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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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Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
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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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The function of man is to live, not to exist.
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Affluence means influence.
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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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I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me.
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Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
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Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.
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It’s better to stand by someone’s side than by yourself
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I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
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White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
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He had come to know quite thoroughly the world in which he lived. His outlook was bleak and materialistic. The world as he saw it was a fierce and brutal world, a world without warmth, a world in which caresses and affection and the bright sweetness of spirit did not exist.
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Strength is an empty shell.
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