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„На наш век простаков хватит.“
Барнум - великий импресарио и один из создателей цирка. Эту фразу он произнёс в ответ на обвинение полиции в создании Кардиффского гиганта - одного из великих обманов XIX века.
Финеас Тейлор Барнум: Цитаты на английском языке
“There's a sucker born every minute.”
Commonly attributed to Barnum, there is much testimony of contemporaries that he never actually said this, and in "P. T. Barnum Never Did Say "There's a Sucker Born Every Minute" http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html R. J. Brown asserts that it actually originated with a banker named David Hannum, in reference to one of Barnum's hoaxes: a replica of the Cardiff Giant. <br class="br">Misattributed
“I am a showman by profession…and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me.”
As quoted in Philip B. Kunhardt, et alm P. T. Barnum: America's Greatest Showman (1995), ISBN 0-679-43574-3, p. vi
Источник: The Art of Money Getting; Or, Golden Rules for Making Money
“Let your motto then always be 'Excelsior', for by living up to it there is no such word as fail.”
Источник: The Art of Money Getting
Источник: The Art of Money Getting: Golden Rules for Making Money
“Money is in some respects like fire; it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master.”
Ch. 3: "Avoid Debt" http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/barnum/moneygetting/moneygetting_chap4.html <br class="br">Art of Money Getting (1880)
“The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves.”
Ch. 18: "Be charitable" http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/barnum/moneygetting/moneygetting_chap19.html <br class="br">Art of Money Getting (1880)
Ch. 10: "Let hope predominate but be not too visionary" http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/barnum/moneygetting/moneygetting_chap11.html <br class="br">Art of Money Getting (1880)
“Always leave them wanting more.”
Commonly attributed to Barnum without citation; such as in "Pardon My French: How a Grumpy American Fell in Love with France" https://books.google.com/books?id=bRYQCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT192&lpg=PT192&dq=who+said+always+keep+them+wanting+more+P.T.+Barnum&source=bl&ots=CVHbQiDHrL&sig=0_Dch_nOKrzDEQLXzu7R9u66ZQs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiU-sL-k_naAhWM44MKHWFICwwQ6AEIhAEwDQ by Allen Johnson <br class="br">Disputed
Chapter XXVIII http://www.gutenberg.org/files/26640/26640-h/26640-h.htm#CHAPTER_XXVIII <br class="br">The Humbugs of the World (1865)
“In fact, as a general thing, money-getters are the benefactors of our race.”
Ch. 20: "Preserve your integrity" http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/barnum/moneygetting/moneygetting_chap21.html <br class="br">Art of Money Getting (1880)
“Every crowd has a silver lining.”
The first appearance of this quote in print was in the July 1908 issue http://books.google.com/books?id=3StKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Every+crowd+has+a+silver+lining%22&pg=PA423#v=onepage of the journal Profitable Advertising under the heading "Modernized Maxims." It next appeared in the June 1911 issue http://books.google.com/books?id=iKZHAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Every+crowd+has+a+silver+lining%22&pg=PA32#v=onepage of The Philistine where Elbert Hubbard labeled it: "motto for a hotel-keeper." In the 1920s http://books.google.com/books?id=FBrnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Every+crowd+has+a+silver+lining%22&pg=PA2#v=onepage, it was published with the label: "Pickpocket's motto." The attribution to P.T. Barnum didn't appear in print until a 1934 article http://books.google.com/books?id=HSIYAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Every+crowd+has+a+silver+lining%22&pg=PA14#v=onepage in Reader's Digest. <br class="br">Misattributed
“Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.”
Ch. 17: "Be polite and kind to your customers" http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/barnum/moneygetting/moneygetting_chap18.html <br class="br">Art of Money Getting (1880)
Ch. 20: "Preserve your integrity" http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/barnum/moneygetting/moneygetting_chap21.html <br class="br">Art of Money Getting (1880)
