Quote#Poetry
A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in…
Quote byJack London · 1876–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Getting into Print", first published in 1903 in The Editor magazine.
English (original)
A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.
— Jack London
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I love the flesh. I'm a pagan. “Who are they who speak evil of the clay? The very stars are made of clay like mine!”
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Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.
Life? Bah! It has no value. Of cheap things it is the cheapest.
Judge them by their works. What have they done for mankind beyond the spinning of airy fancies and the mistaking of their own shadows for gods?
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