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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.

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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In fact, as a general thing, money-getters are the benefactors of our race.
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When a man is in the right path, he must persevere.
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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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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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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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More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing, than by believing too much.
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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 orthodox faith painted God as a revengeful being, and yet people talk about loving such a being.
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Medicine is the means by which we poor feeble creatures try to keep from dying or aching.
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Without publicity a terrible thing happens: nothing.
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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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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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If I shoot at the sun, I may hit a star.
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The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.
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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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There is a fool born every minute
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There is scarcely anything that drags a person down like debt.
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You know I had rather be laughed at than not to be noticed at all.
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Instead of spending money, I earned it.
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If I was not a remarkably modest man, I should probably brag a little, and say that I had done what no American ever before accomplished by visiting the queen at her palace twice within eight days.
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