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Blessed is the man who has the gift of making friends; for it is one of God’s best gifts. It involves many things, but above all the power of going out of one’s own self and seeing and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.

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About Phineas Taylor Barnum

Phineas Taylor Barnum

Phineas Taylor Barnum

Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 - April 7, 1891) was an American showman who is best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Barnum never flinched from his stated goal "to put money in his own coffers." He was a businessman above all else, his profession was pure entertainment, and he was perhaps the first "show business" millionaire. He never said "There's a sucker born every minute" as is famously ascribed, but his rebuttal to his critics was often "I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me." Although famous for his brazen self-promotion and blatant puffery, he understood his times and profited from them brilliantly.

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