I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
JACK LONDONThe 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.
More Jack London Quotes
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A man with a club is a law-maker.
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Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
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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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Show me a man with a tattoo and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past.
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Alcohol tells truth, but its truth is not normal.
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He was a silent fury who no torment could tame.
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The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.
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The aim of life was meat. Life itself was meat. Life lived on life. There were the eaters and the eaten.
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I was five years old the first time I got drunk.
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So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.
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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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You stand on dead men’s legs. You’ve never had any of your own. You couldn’t walk alone between two sunrises and hustle the meat for your belly.
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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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