Quote by Jack London
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not w

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

Other quotes by Jack London

Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear? – Jack London

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Time
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Show me a man with a tattoo and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past. – Jack London

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Tattoos
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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

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Helping
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Other Quotes from
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We cannot see time directly; we catch glimpses only of its reflections. – Terri Guillemets

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No man goes before his time – unless the boss leaves early. – Groucho Marx

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Time

A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is. – Bertrand Russell

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Time

You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in – in 2007, we just didnt know it was uncertain. It was – uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didnt know it. – Warren Buffett

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The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all. – Iris Murdoch

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Beauty is but a flower, which wrinkles will devour. – Thomas Nash

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We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends. – Mary McLeod Bethune

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