"Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his……" — Jack London
"Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them."
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95 Quotes by Jack London
Jack London has 95 quotes on this site.
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You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to…
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
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A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just…
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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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If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
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Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?
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There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the…
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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
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San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories.
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I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze…
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A vast silence reigned over the land. The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold…
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More Deprived Quotes
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one of 297 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.
— Luis Barragan
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Soviet regime in a way deprived me from my childhood in my homeland, because my father was in military, and…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Rather, for all objects and experiences, there is a quantity that has optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes…
— Gregory Bateson
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Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what…
— Ambrose Bierce
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I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would…
— Anne Bronte
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I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried…
— Stokely Carmichael
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When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught…
— Jimmy Carter
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I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and…
— Marie Antoinette
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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become…
— Thomas Aquinas
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No poor, rural, weak, or black person should ever again have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of…
— Jimmy Carter
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The real illness of the American city today, and especially of the deprived groups within it, is voicelessness.
— John Henry Cox
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Anti-Semitism hits me on the head: I am enraged, I am bled white by an appalling battle, I am deprived…
— Frantz Fanon
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