I believe that when I am dead, I am dead. I believe that with my death I am just as much obliterated as the last mosquito you and I squashed.
JACK LONDONFear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.
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Strength is an empty shell.
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You stand on dead men’s legs. You’ve never had any of your own. You couldn’t walk alone between two sunrises and hustle the meat for your belly.
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The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.
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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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Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
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Affluence means influence.
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The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
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Some sorts of truth are truer than others.
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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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Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.
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You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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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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So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.
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As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.
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