P.T. Barnum:

There is no such thing in the world as luck. There never was a man who could go out in the morning and find a purse full of gold in the street to-day, and another to-morrow, and so on, day after day: He may do so once in his life; but so far as...

— P.T. Barnum Contemporary

Showman, circus, hoaxes

Context

Philosophy on luck vs. effort, from 'The Art of Money Getting'.

Date / Period

c. 1880

Source

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