P. T. Barnum Quotes
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I am a showman by profession... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me.
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I never liked to work, I mean manual work.
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A penny here, and a dollar there, placed at interest, goes on accumulating, and in this way the desired result is attained.
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In fact, as a general thing, money-getters are the benefactors of our race.
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Your success depends on what you do yourself, with your own means
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The wonders of the ages assembled for your edification, education and enjoyment - for a price.
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Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.
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There is no such thing in the world as luck. There never was a man who could go out in the morning and find a purse full of gold in the street to-day, and another to-morrow, and so on, day after day: He may do so once in his life; but so far as mere luck is concerned, he is as liable to lose it as to find it.
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Whatever you do, do it ardently.
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Many people are gullible, and we can expect this to continue.
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The possession of a perfect knowledge of your business is an absolute necessity in order to insure success.
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Advertising is like learning - a little is a dangerous thing. If a man has not the pluck to keep on advertising, all the money he has already spent is lost.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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You must exercise your caution in laying your plans, but be bold in carrying them out.
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You can fool most of the people most of the time.
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Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers to this want is, in my opinion, in a business established by the Creator of our nature. If he worthily fulfills his mission and amuses without corrupting, he need never feel that he has lived in vain.
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Money is the excellent slave and a horrible master.
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I am indebted to the press of the United States for almost every dollar which I possess.
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The bigger the humbug, the better people will like it.
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I don't care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right.
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Every man's occupation should be beneficial to his fellow-man as well as profitable to himself. All else is vanity and folly.
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The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses it as a friend to humanity.
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We cannot all see alike, but we can all do good.
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Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung.
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The plan of "counting the chickens before they are hatched" is an error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age.
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But however mysterious is nature , however ignorant the doctor, however imperfect the present state of physical science , the patronage and the success of quacks and quackeries are infinitely more wonderful than those of honest and laborious men of science and their careful experiments.
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I am prouder of my title 'The Children's Friend' than if I were to be called 'The King of the World'.
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True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of gloves; mend the old dress: live on plainer food if need be; so that, under all circumstances, unless some unforeseen accident occurs, there will be a margin in favor of the income.
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I risked much, but I made much.
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No man ever went broke overestimating the ignorance of the American public.
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