90 Quotes by P.T. Barnum

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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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    No man has a right to expect to succeed in life unless he understands his business, and nobody can understand his business thoroughly unless he learns it by personal application and experience.

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    Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it.

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    Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.

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    True economy consists in always making the income exceed the outgo.

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    The orthodox faith painted God as a revengeful being, and yet people talk about loving such a being.

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    In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money.

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    Advertising is to a genuine article what manure is to land, – it largely increases the product.

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