Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
JACK LONDONOne cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
More Jack London Quotes
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And how have I lived? Frankly and openly, though crudely. I have not been afraid of life. I have not shrunk from it. I have taken it for what it was at its own valuation. And I have not been ashamed of it. Just as it was, it was mine.
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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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The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings.
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It’s better to stand by someone’s side than by yourself
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You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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Age is never so old as youth would measure it.
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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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As one grows weaker one is less susceptible to suffering. There is less hurt because there is less to hurt.
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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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Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
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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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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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Alcohol tells truth, but its truth is not normal.
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Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.
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Show me a man with a tattoo and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past.
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