Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.
JACK LONDONA bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
More Jack London Quotes
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White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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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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As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.
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Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
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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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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
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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.
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It’s better to stand by someone’s side than by yourself
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Strength is an empty shell.
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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.
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Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
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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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But I am I. And I won’t subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind
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