Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.
JACK LONDONAffluence means influence.
More Jack London Quotes
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Affluence means influence.
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You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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I would rather be ashes than dust.
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Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.
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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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No; I did not hate him. The word is too weak. There is no word in the language strong enough to describe my feelings. I can say only that I knew the gnawing of a desire for vengeance on him that was a pain in itself and that exceeded all the bounds of language.
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White Fang knew the law well: to oppress the weak and obey the strong.
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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 greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
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Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.
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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.
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The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.
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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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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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I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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