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> [“Milk was used in various forms during the summer months; in winter beer or water was used. Bread, cakes, potatoes, and sea food were the principal foods. Animal flesh was not used commonly due to the inconvenience of storing. Turf…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/milk-was-used-in-various-forms-during-the-summer-months-in-winter/)

[William Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-petty/)

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## Other authors on 18th century

## More by William Petty

> [Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain means are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/causes-of-civil-war-are-also-that-the-wealth-of-the-nation-is-in-too/)

[William Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-petty/)

> [It were good to know how much hay an acre of every sort will bear; how many cattle the same weight of each sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/it-were-good-to-know-how-much-hay-an-acre-of-every-sort-will-bear-how/)

[William Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-petty/)

> [Here we are to remember that in consequence of our opinion that labor is the Father and active principle of wealth, as lands are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/here-we-are-to-remember-that-in-consequence-of-our-opinion-that-labor/)

[William Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-petty/)

> [Money is the best rule of commerce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/money-is-the-best-rule-of-commerce/)

[William Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-petty/)

> [Raising of money may indeed change the species, but with so much loss as the foreign pieces were raised unto, above their intrinsick value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/raising-of-money-may-indeed-change-the-species-but-with-so-much-loss/)

[William Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-petty/)

> [A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/a-thousand-acres-that-can-feed-a-thousand-souls-is-better-than-ten/)

[William Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-petty/)

> [Wherefore the race being not to the swift, etc. but time and chance happening to all men, I leave the Judgement of the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/wherefore-the-race-being-not-to-the-swift-etc-but-time-and-chance/)

[William Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-petty/)

> [The method I take to do this is not yet very usual; for instead of using only comparative and superlative Words, and intellectual Arguments,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/the-method-i-take-to-do-this-is-not-yet-very-usual-for-instead-of/)

[William Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-petty/)

> [I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dieing of men for mathematical demonstration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/i-hope-no-man-takes-what-i-said-about-the-living-and-dieing-of-men/)

[William Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-petty/)

> [No man pays double or twice for the same thing, forasmuch as nothing can be spent but once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/no-man-pays-double-or-twice-for-the-same-thing-forasmuch-as-nothing/)

[William Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-petty/)

> [An house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expence, the other as it is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/an-house-is-of-a-double-nature-viz-one-wherein-it-is-a-way-and-means/)

[William Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-petty/)

> [“Milk was used in various forms during the summer months; in winter beer or water was used. Bread, cakes, potatoes, and sea food were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/milk-was-used-in-various-forms-during-the-summer-months-in-winter/)

[William Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-petty/)

> [The trade of banks is the buying and selling of interest and exchange.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/the-trade-of-banks-is-the-buying-and-selling-of-interest-and-exchange/)

[William Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-petty/)

> [Without the knowledge of the true number of the people, as a principle, the whole scope and use of keeping bills of birth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/without-the-knowledge-of-the-true-number-of-the-people-as-a-principle/)

[William Petty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-petty/)

> [That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/that-some-are-poorer-than-others-ever-was-and-ever-will-be-and-that/)

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