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.
JACK LONDONLove is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
More Jack London Quotes
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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.
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To be able to forget means sanity.
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Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.
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His conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be. The cub’s fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience. Thenceforth, in the nature of things, he would possess an abiding distrust of appearances.
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The function of man is to live, not to exist.
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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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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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In a saturated population life is always cheap.
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If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
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Affluence means influence.
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A man with a club is a law-maker.
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A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.
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The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings.
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Age is never so old as youth would measure it.
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I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
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