The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.
JACK LONDONPursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.
More Jack London Quotes
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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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Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.
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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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I believe that when I am dead, I am dead. I believe that with my death I am just as much obliterated as the last mosquito you and I squashed.
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Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.
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Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
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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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Everything is good as long as it is unpossessed. Satiety and possession are Death’s horses they run in span.
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Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
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In a saturated population life is always cheap.
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A man with a club is a law-maker.
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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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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 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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Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united.
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