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there's a sucker born every minute

prov. There are a great number of fools in the world, and there always be.

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There's a sucker born every minute

"There's a sucker born every minute" is a phrase closely associated with P. T. Barnum, an American showman of the mid-19th century, although there is no evidence that he said it. Early examples of its use are found instead among gamblers and confidence men.

Usage examples of "there's a sucker born every minute".

It's always a rip-off, but as old Barnum said, there's a sucker born every minute.

If I could have put an epitaph over his head, it would have been the one about how there's a sucker born every minute.