I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
JACK LONDONHaving no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.
More Jack London Quotes
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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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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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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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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.
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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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Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
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The Law is a lie, and through it men lie most shamelessly.
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Affluence means influence.
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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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Don’t write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen.
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It is so much easier to live placidly and complacently. Of course, to live placidly and complacently is not to live at all.
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The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
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So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.
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One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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