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 LONDONThe aim of life was meat. Life itself was meat. Life lived on life. There were the eaters and the eaten.
More Jack London Quotes
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The Wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept.
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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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I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me.
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.
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Intelligent men are cruel. Stupid men are monstrously cruel.
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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 greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.
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Strength is an empty shell.
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Age is never so old as youth would measure it.
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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 most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.
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I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
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Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death.
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Alcohol tells truth, but its truth is not normal.
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