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P. T. Barnum
Age: 80 †
Born: 1810
Born: July 5
Died: 1891
Died: April 7
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You can fool most of the people most of the time.
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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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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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To forgive heals the wound, to forget heals the scar.
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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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Money is in some respects like fire it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master.
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Without publicity a terrible thing happens: nothing.
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There is a fool born every minute
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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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If you hesitate, some bolder hand will stretch out before you and get the prize.
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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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Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it.
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In fact, as a general thing, money-getters are the benefactors of our race.
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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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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.
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I am indebted to the press of the United States for almost every dollar which I possess.
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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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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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Never attempt to catch a whale with a minnow.
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Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.
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