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Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.
P. T. Barnum
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P. T. Barnum
Age: 80 †
Born: 1810
Born: July 5
Died: 1891
Died: April 7
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Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.
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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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Money is in some respects like fire it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master.
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Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.
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Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.
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The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves.
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Instead of spending money, I earned it.
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No profession, trade, or calling, is overcrowded in the upper story.
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In fact, as a general thing, money-getters are the benefactors of our race.
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Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it.
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If you hesitate, some bolder hand will stretch out before you and get the prize.
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If I shoot at the sun, I may hit a star.
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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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The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him.
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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. It requires some training, perhaps, to accomplish this economy, but when once used to it, you will find there is more satisfaction in rational saving than in irrational spending.
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There is scarcely anything that drags a person down like debt.
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Every man should make his son or daughter learn some useful trade or profession, so that in these days of changing fortunes of being rich today and poor tomorrow they may have something tangible to fall back upon. This provision might save many persons from misery, who by some unexpected turn of fortune have lost all their means.
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