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Let your motto then always be 'Excelsior', for by living up to it there is no such word as fail.

The Art of Money Getting

The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune it is also the basi...

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Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, fl...

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

A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its at...

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

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No man has a right to expect to succeed in life unless he understands his business, and nobody can u...

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

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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 a...

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

The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune it is also the basi...

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Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar ge...

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Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lig...

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Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar ge...

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True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little l...

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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.

The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the expos...

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Every crowd has a silver lining.

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P. T. Barnum

Businessman

Born: 1810-07-05

Died: 1891-04-07

Phineas Taylor Barnum (5 July 1810 – 7 April 1891) was an American showman who is remembered for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He is also known for his entertaining hoaxes.More