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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.
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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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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If I shoot at the sun, I may hit a star.
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You know I had rather be laughed at than not to be noticed at all.
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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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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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Advertising is like learning - a little is a dangerous thing.
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Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully until you succeed, or until you conclude to abandon it. A constant hammering on one nail will generally drive it home at last, so that it can be clinched.
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Advertising is like learning - a little is a dangerous thing. If a man has not the pluck to keep on advertising, all the money he has already spent is lost.
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When a man is in the right path, he must persevere.
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The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves.
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In fact, as a general thing, money-getters are the benefactors of our race.
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I am a showman by profession... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me.
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I risked much, but I made much.
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More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing, than by believing too much.
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Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.
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