Frases de P. T. Barnum

Phineas Taylor Barnum fue un empresario, político y artista circense estadounidense, recordado por sus celebres engaños en el mundo del entretenimiento y por haber fundado el Barnum & Bailey Circus, el cual posteriormente se fusionó con el Ringling Brothers Circus para conformar el Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.[1]​ A pesar de que Barnum fue también un autor, editor, filántropo e inclusive llegó a ser político, según dijo su único objetivo era «tener los bolsillos llenos de dinero».[cita requerida]



«Soy un showman por vocación y el dinero no me convertirá en nada mejor»[2]​



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En la actualidad, a Barnum se le atribuye erróneamente la frase «Cada minuto nace un idiota»[3]​



«El mejor arte es hacer felices a las personas»[4]​

✵ 5. julio 1810 – 7. abril 1891
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Frases célebres de P. T. Barnum

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P. T. Barnum: Frases en inglés

“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.
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

“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
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
Art of Money Getting (1880)

“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.”

Ch. 10: "Let hope predominate but be not too visionary" http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/barnum/moneygetting/moneygetting_chap11.html
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
Disputed

“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
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.
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
Art of Money Getting (1880)

“The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses it as a friend to humanity.”

Ch. 20: "Preserve your integrity" http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/barnum/moneygetting/moneygetting_chap21.html
Art of Money Getting (1880)

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