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This is no lazy mans field
Claude C. Hopkins
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Claude C. Hopkins
Age: 66 †
Born: 1866
Born: January 14
Died: 1932
Died: September 22
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A man coined to superlative must expect that his every statement will be taken with some caution
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Literary qualifications have no more to do with it than oratory has with salesmanship. One must be able to express himself briefly, clearly, and convincingly, just as a salesman must.
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Human nature is perpetual. In most respects it is the same today as in the time of Caesar. So the principles of psychology are fixed and enduring
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Scientific advertising has altered many old plans and conceptions. It has proved many long established methods to be folly
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Never be led in new paths by the blind
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Almost any questions can be answered,cheaply, quickly and finally, by a test campaign. And that's he way to answer them - not by arguments around a table
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Fine writing is a distinct disadvantage. So is unique literary style. They take attention from the subject
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The man who wins out and survives does so only because of superior science and strategy.
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Don't, to gain general and useless attention, sacrifice the attention that you want
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Picture what others wish to be, not what they may be now
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No generality has any weight whatever. It is like saying how do you do? When you have no intention of inquiring about ones health. But specific claims when made in print are taken at their value
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Platitudes and generalities roll off the human understanding like water from a duck.
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The only purpose of advertising is to make sales. It is profitable or unprofitable according to its actual sales.
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Advertising is prima facie evidence that the man who pays believes that advertising is good. It has brought great results to others, it must be good for him. So he takes it like some secret tonic which others have endorsed. If the business thrives, the tonic gets the credit. Otherwise, the failure is due to fate.
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Curiosity is one of the strongest human incentives
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