The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
JACK LONDONDesire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
More Jack London Quotes
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The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
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Affluence means influence.
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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.
JACK LONDONIt 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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Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
JACK LONDONLimited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
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To be able to forget means sanity.
JACK LONDONTo be able to forget means sanity.
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There’s only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the dissapointments.
JACK LONDONThere’s only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the dissapointments.
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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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Go strip off your clothes that are a nuisance in this mellow clime. Get in and wrestle with the sea; wing your heels with the skill and power that reside in you, hit the sea’s breakers, master them, and ride upon their backs as a king should.
JACK LONDONGo strip off your clothes that are a nuisance in this mellow clime. Get in and wrestle with the sea; wing your heels with the skill and power that reside in you, hit the sea’s breakers, master them, and ride upon their backs as a king should.
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I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
JACK LONDONI was five years old the first time I got drunk.
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You look back and see how hard you worked and how poor you were, and how desperately anxious you were to succeed, and all you can remember is how happy you were.
JACK LONDONYou look back and see how hard you worked and how poor you were, and how desperately anxious you were to succeed, and all you can remember is how happy you were.
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He was a silent fury who no torment could tame.
JACK LONDONHe was a silent fury who no torment could tame.
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I’d rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.
JACK LONDONI’d rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
JACK LONDONThe scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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Everything is good as long as it is unpossessed. Satiety and possession are Death’s horses they run in span.
JACK LONDONEverything is good as long as it is unpossessed. Satiety and possession are Death’s horses they run in span.
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Life, in a sense, is living and surviving. And all that makes for living and surviving is good. He who follows the fact cannot go astray, while he who has no reverence for the fact wanders afar.
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Strength is an empty shell.
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