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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. – Jack London

Other quotes by 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. – Jack London

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Helping
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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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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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Other Quotes from
Carpe Diem
category

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

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Carpe Diem

Remember you must die whether you sit about moping all day long or whether on feast days you stretch out in a green field, happy with a bottle of Falernian from your innermost cellar. – Horace

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Carpe Diem

Why always “not yet”? Do flowers in spring say “not yet”? – Norman Douglas

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Carpe Diem

I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. – Bernard Berenson

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Carpe Diem

Random Quotes

Men need to understand, and women too, what feminism is really about. – Annie Lennox

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Women

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. – Erich Segal

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Love

Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasnt formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them. – Lee Haney

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fitness

If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so. – James Lovelock

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Science