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Golden Rules for Making Money (1880) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19483313 - March 2019 (191 comments)

Golden Rules for Making Money (1880) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11320169 - March 2016 (180 comments)

Golden Rules for Making Money by P. T. Barnum (1880) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=310056 - Sept 2008 (56 comments)

Art of Money Getting, by P. T. Barnum (actual book, 1880) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=88544 - Dec 2007 (12 comments)

HN comments on this seem to get more cynical over time.

I'd wager that people are getting more cynical over time. Cynicism sort of launched mid to late 90s in the US and its only gotten worse over the last 30 years.

Looks like it was due another repost.

Oldest one dating back the 19th century

Yes and reposts are fine after a year or so (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html).

The reason for listing old related threads is just that many readers find them interesting.

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