"One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature……" — Jack London
"One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself."
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95 Quotes by Jack London
Jack London has 95 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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- The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to…
- Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
- A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just…
- I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
- If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
- Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?
- There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the…
- Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.
- San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories.
- I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze…
- A vast silence reigned over the land. The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold…
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