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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.

Jack London

A man with a club is a law-maker.
JACK LONDON

Law Man Power
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.
JACK LONDON

Existence Inspirational Life Live Man Myself Proper Time Try Wasted
Socialism, when the last word is said, is merely a new economic and political system whereby more men can get food to eat.
JACK LONDON

Eat Economics Food Man Politics System Word
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.
JACK LONDON

Clothes Fight King Power Ride Sea Skill Wings Yourself
The function of man is to live, not to exist.
JACK LONDON

Existence Function Live Man One Liner
Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.
JACK LONDON

Desire Pain Possession Seek
Love cannot in its very nature be peaceful or content. It is a restlessness, an unsatisfaction. I can grant a lasting love just as I can grant a lasting unsatisfaction; but the lasting love cannot be coupled with possession, for love is pain and desire and possession is easement and fulfilment.
JACK LONDON

Couple Desire Fulfill Love Nature Pain Peace Possession Satisfaction
There’s only one way to make a beginning, and that is to begin; and begin with hard work, and patience, prepared for all the dissapointments.
JACK LONDON

Beginning Disappointment Hard Work Inspirational Motivational Patience Preparation
There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.
JACK LONDON

Alive Beyond Forget Life Live Oneself Rise
The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.
JACK LONDON

Law Lie Man Shame
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 LONDON

Affection Bright Existence Fierce Harsh Live Material Quite Spirit Strong Sweet Warm World
White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
JACK LONDON

Law Obedience Oppression Strong Weakness
Don’t write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen.
JACK LONDON

Concentration Focus Story Writing
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
He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive.
JACK LONDON

Alone Himself Kill Live Prey Strength Strong Survive Virtue
Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
JACK LONDON

Choice Life Meaning Myself Short Sing Song

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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