Horace Greeley Quotes

American - Editor | February 3, 1811 - November 29, 1872

Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; riches take wings; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.

Horace Greeley

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Go west, young man.

Horace Greeley

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Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

Horace Greeley

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The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.

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Common sense is very uncommon.

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There is no bigotry like that of 'free thought' run to seed.

Horace Greeley

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I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers; what I said was all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

Horace Greeley

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Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.

Horace Greeley

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The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages.

Horace Greeley

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Ease up, the play is over.

Horace Greeley

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I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample underfoot.

Horace Greeley

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Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while you're at it.

Horace Greeley

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