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If you hesitate, some bolder hand will stretch out before you and get the prize.
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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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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In fact, as a general thing, money-getters are the benefactors of our race.
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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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I am indebted to the press of the United States for almost every dollar which I possess.
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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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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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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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Witchcraft is one of the most baseless, absurd, disgusting and silly of all the humbugs.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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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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You know I had rather be laughed at than not to be noticed at all.
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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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Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.
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To forgive heals the wound, to forget heals the scar.
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Without publicity a terrible thing happens: nothing.
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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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