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    Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as
    they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by no means big
    enough for the Gazette, may easily creep into the advertisements;
    by which means we often see an apothecary in the same paper of
    news with a plenipotentiary, or a running footman with an
    ambassador.

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Only a newspaper! Quick read, quick lost,
Who sums the treasure that it carries hence?
Torn, trampled read more

Only a newspaper! Quick read, quick lost,
Who sums the treasure that it carries hence?
Torn, trampled under feet, who counts thy cost,
Star-eyed intelligence?

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He comes, the herald of a noisy world,
With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks;
News read more

He comes, the herald of a noisy world,
With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks;
News from all nations lumbering at his back.

by William Cowper Found in: Journalism Quotes,
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The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Journalism Quotes,
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If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with read more

If the newspapers of a country are filled with good news, the jails of that country will be filled with good people.

by Daniel Moynihan Found in: Journalism Quotes,
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They consume a considerable quantity of our paper manufacture,
employ our artisans in printing, and find business for great read more

They consume a considerable quantity of our paper manufacture,
employ our artisans in printing, and find business for great
numbers of indigent persons.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Journalism Quotes,
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Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied.

Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied.

by Otto Von Bismarck Found in: Journalism Quotes,
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When found, make a note of.

When found, make a note of.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Journalism Quotes,
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The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having read more

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Journalism Quotes,
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A parliament speaking through reporters to Buncombe and the
Twenty-seven millions, mostly fools.

A parliament speaking through reporters to Buncombe and the
Twenty-seven millions, mostly fools.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Journalism Quotes,
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