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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 London

You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
JACK LONDON

Dedication Inspirational Wait Yourself
But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
JACK LONDON

Change Judgement Kind Man Myself Taste
Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.
JACK LONDON

Behavior Character Cruelty Intelligence Man Stupidity
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 LONDON

Afraid Choice Heart Live Myself Sing Song Wild
Everything is good as long as it is unpossessed. Satiety and possession are Death’s horses they run in span.
JACK LONDON

Capture Death Goodness Possession Run
Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
JACK LONDON

Choice Life Meaning Myself Short Sing Song
The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.
JACK LONDON

Law Lie Man Shame
I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
JACK LONDON

Age Drink Myself Time
I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
JACK LONDON

Live Myself Self Love Thinking World Worth
Some sorts of truth are truer than others.
JACK LONDON

Deep Philosophy True
Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
JACK LONDON

Death Existence Fear Life Mercy Misunderstood
As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.
JACK LONDON

Growth Hurt Suffering Weakness
No; I did not hate him. The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings. I can say only that I knew the gnawing of a desire for vengeance on him that was a pain in itself and that exceeded all the bounds of language.
JACK LONDON

Description Feeling Hate Language Myself Strong Weakness Word
So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.
JACK LONDON

End Play Yourself
Show me a man with a tattoo and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past.
JACK LONDON

Design Man Myself Past Skin
He was a silent fury who no torment could tame.
JACK LONDON

Fury Himself Silence Tame

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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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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