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

Every crowd has a silver lining.

Instead of spending money, I earned it.

The bigger the humbug, the better people will like it.

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

Without promotion, something terrible happens ... nothing!

There's one born every minute.

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

A salary was not sufficient for me.

There's a sucker born every minute.

I am indebted to the press of the United States for almost every dollar which I possess ...

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.

In fact, as a general thing, money-getters are the benefactors of our race.

The possession of a perfect knowledge of your business is an absolute necessity in order to insure success.

More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing, than by believing too much.

The plan of "counting the chickens before they are hatched" is an error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age.

Money is the excellent slave and a horrible master.

The common man, no matter how sharp and tough, actually enjoys having the wool pulled over his eyes, and makes it easier for the puller.

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

I don't care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right.

Never attempt to catch a whale with a minnow.

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

Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung.

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

How were the receipts today in Madison Square Garden ?

I never liked to work, I mean manual work.

Witchcraft is one of the most baseless, absurd, disgusting and silly of all the humbugs.

With the young man starting in business, let him understand the value of money by earning it.

If you hesitate, some bolder hand will stretch out before you and get the prize.

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

Whatever you do, do it ardently.

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

Many people are gullible, and we can expect this to continue.

I am a showman by profession ... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me.

The safest plan, and the one most sure of success for the young man starting in life, is to select the vocation which is most congenial to his tastes.

Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.

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

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

Medicine is the means by which we poor feeble creatures try to keep from dying or aching.

There is a fool born every minute

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

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

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

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

He who is without a newspaper is cut off from his species.

Without publicity a terrible thing happens: nothing.

As a general thing, I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so ... I have generally given people the worth of their money twice told.

You know I had rather be laughed at than not to be noticed at all ...

No profession, trade, or calling, is overcrowded in the upper story.

There's no such thing as bad publicity,

The noblest art is that of making others happy

Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.

I am prouder of my title 'The Children's Friend' than if I were to be called 'The King of the World'.

We cannot all see alike, but we can all do good.

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

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

No man ever went broke overestimating the ignorance of the American public.

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

To forgive heals the wound, to forget heals the scar.

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

The wonders of the ages assembled for your edification, education and enjoyment - for a price.

I risked much, but I made much.

Nobody ever lost a dollar by underestimating the taste of the American public.