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Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers to this want is, in my opinion, in a business established by the Creator of our nature. If he worthily fulfills his mission and amuses without corrupting, he need never feel that he has lived in vain.

~P. T. Barnum

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

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

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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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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.

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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Entertainer

Born: July 5th, 1810

Died: April 7th, 1891

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