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Quote by Jack London
I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now be

I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate. – 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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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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Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear? – Jack London

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Other Quotes from
Beauty
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San Francisco is a mad city – inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty. – Rudyard Kipling

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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty. – John Cheever

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She got her looks from her father. Hes a plastic surgeon. – Groucho Marx

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And queenly is the state she keeps, In beautys lofty trust secure. – William Allen Butler

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If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly. – Max Nordau

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Sometimes what works 40 years ago doesnt work today. – Joel Osteen

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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Eliot

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Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return. – Nicholas Boileau

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