WIST Quotations

Greeley, Horace -- (Attributed)

Dave — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 04:27:15 +0000

The darkest day in any man’s earthly career is that wherein he first fancies there is some easier way of gaining a dollar than by squarely earning it.

Horace Greeley (1881-1872) American newspaper editor, reformer, politician
(Attributed)

In Friends' Intelligencer (31 Aug 1867)

Greeley, Horace -- (Attributed)

Dave — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 04:19:21 +0000

Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.

Horace Greeley (1881-1872) American newspaper editor, reformer, politician
(Attributed)
(Source)

Quoted in Maturin Murray Ballou, Edge-Tools of Speech (1886).

Greeley, Horace -- Recollections of a Busy Life, ch. 18 (1868)

Dave — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:46:25 +0000

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

Horace Greeley (1881-1872) American newspaper editor, reformer, politician
Recollections of a Busy Life, ch. 18 (1868)
(Source)

Quoted by Mark Twain in his Notebook (1869), and often attributed to him. Frequently misquoted as "Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; riches take wings; those who cheer today will curse tomorrow; only one thing endures: character." More discussion of this quotation here.

Greeley, Horace -- The American Conflict: a history of the great rebellion in the United States, ch. 1 “Our Country After the Revolution” (1864)

Dave — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:40:45 +0000

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

Horace Greeley (1881-1872) American newspaper editor, reformer, politician
The American Conflict: a history of the great rebellion in the United States, ch. 1 “Our Country After the Revolution” (1864)

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