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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.
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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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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The possession of a perfect knowledge of your business is an absolute necessity in order to insure success.
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Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.
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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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No profession, trade, or calling, is overcrowded in the upper story.
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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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The wonders of the ages assembled for your edification, education and enjoyment - for a price.
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If I shoot at the sun, I may hit a star.
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Small does of advertising result in nothing, obviously. It's like giving a sick person half the medicine he needs. It just causes more suffering. Give the whole dose, and the cure will be certain and decisive.
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