George Dennison Prentice Quotes

George Dennison Prentice — American Editor

George Dennison Prentice was the editor of the Louisville Journal, which he built into a major newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky. He attracted readers by satire as well as exaggerated reporting and support of the Know-Nothing Party in the 1850s. His writing was said to contribute to rabid anti-Catholic and anti-foreigner sentiment, and a riot in 1855. During the Civil War, he created and wrote about a fictional guerrilla "Sue Mundy", whose activities he used to taunt the Union military commander of the state... (wikipedia)

It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.

Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.

When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain that she has his.

The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people.