There is another way of disqualifying the metaphysicians.... Judge them by their works. What have they done for mankind beyond the spinning of airy fancies and the mistaking of their own shadows for gods?
Some sorts of truth are truer than others. - Jack London
Some sorts of truth are truer than others.
- Jack London
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. - Jack London
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog. - Jack London
A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.
Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others. - Jack London
Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.
The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage. - Jack London
The most beautiful stories always start with wreckage.
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well. - Jack London
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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
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.
The great task demanded of man is reproduction. He is urged by passion to perform this task. Passion, working through the imagination, produces love.… - Jack London
The great task demanded of man is reproduction. He is urged by passion to perform this task. Passion, working through the imagination, produces love.…
I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself. - Jack London
I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.
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