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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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Clothes, Dresses, Income

P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.10, Applewood Books

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Every man's occupation should be beneficial to his fellow-man as well as profitable to himself. All else is vanity and folly.

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Men, Vanity, Fellow Man

P.T. BARNUM (1866). “THE HUMBUGS OF THE WORLD”, p.220

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You must exercise your caution in laying your plans, but be bold in carrying them out.

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Exercise, Caution, Plans

P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.48, Applewood Books

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When a man is in the right path, he must persevere.

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Men, Path, Persevere

P. T. Barnum (2013). “The Art of Money Getting + The Humbugs of the World (2 Unabridged Classics)”, p.19, e-artnow

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Advertising is like learning - a little is a dangerous thing.

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Humorous, Littles, Advertising

P. T. Barnum (2015). “The Art of Money Getting, or Golden Rules for Making Money”, p.45, Booklassic

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Whatever you do, do it ardently.

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If I shoot at the sun, I may hit a star.

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Stars, May, Sun

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Constant hammering on one nail will generally drive it home at last, so that it can be clinched. When a man's undivided attention is centered on one object, his mind will constantly be suggesting improvements of value, which would escape him if his brain was occupied by a dozen different subjects at once.

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Home, Men, Brain

P. T. Barnum (2007). “The Art of Money Getting: Golden Rules for Making Money”, p.32, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves.

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Charity, Helping, Kind

P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.86, Applewood Books

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Many persons are always kept poor, because they are too visionary. Every project looks to them like certain successes, and therefore they keep changing from one business to another, always in hot water, always ‘under the harrow’.

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Success, Business, Water

P. T. Barnum (2006). “Art of Money Getting: Easyread Edition”, p.26, ReadHowYouWant.com

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Every crowd has a silver lining.

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Business, Perspective, Crowds

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To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.

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Beautiful, Sweet, Laughter

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There is no class of people in the world, who have such good memories as creditors.

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Memories, Class, People

P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.36, Applewood Books

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There is scarcely anything that drags a person down like debt.

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Debt, Drag, Persons

P. T. Barnum (2013). “The Art of Money Getting + The Humbugs of the World (2 Unabridged Classics)”, p.17, e-artnow

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Your success depends on what you do yourself, with your own means

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Life, Dream, Mean

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Money is good for nothing unless you know the value of it by experience.

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Money, Rainy Day, Wealth

P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.53, Applewood Books

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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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Home, Nails, Lasts

P. T. Barnum (2006). “Art of Money Getting: Easyread Edition”, p.27, ReadHowYouWant.com

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Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed.

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Men, Peculiar, Genius

P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.29, Applewood Books

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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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Order, Perfect, Possession

P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.47, Applewood Books

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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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Mean, Independence, Mind

P.T. Barnum, Mina Parker (2012). “The Art of Money Getting: Create the Life You Want, A Hampton Roads Collection”, p.7, Hampton Roads Publishing

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Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.

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Business, Civility, Patronage

P.T. Barnum (2016). “The Art of Money Getting”, p.60, BookRix

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Never attempt to catch a whale with a minnow.

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Whales, Publicity, Minnows

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There is no greater picture than that of 10,000 smiling children. No brighter music than their clear-ringing laughter. That I, with my small amusements, have created such precious art is my life's proudest achievement.

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Art, Laughter, Children

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Energy and patience in business are two indispensable elements of success.

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Two, Energy, Elements

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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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Life Is Good, Sick, Foundation

P. T. Barnum (2015). “The Art of Money Getting, or Golden Rules for Making Money”, p.7, Booklassic

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Born: July 5, 1810
Died: April 7, 1891
Occupation: Businessman
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