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There are things greater than our wisdom, beyond our justice. The right and wrong of this we cannot say, and it is not for us to judge.

— Jack London

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Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

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Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.

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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.

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.

A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.

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