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There is a fool born every minute
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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Phineas Taylor Barnum
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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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When a man is in the right path, he must persevere.
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There is scarcely anything that drags a person down like debt.
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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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Medicine is the means by which we poor feeble creatures try to keep from dying or aching.
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The wonders of the ages assembled for your edification, education and enjoyment - for a price.
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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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