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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. – Jack London

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

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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

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We are always getting ready to live but never living. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. – Ambrose Bierce

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