A spade may be made of any size, and if the same number of strokes be made in the hour, the requisite exertion will vary nearly as the cube of the length of the blade. — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as absolute cost of labour; it is all a matter of comparison. Every one gets the most which he can for his exertions; some can get little or nothing, because they have not sufficient strength,… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
All classes of society are trade unionists at heart, and differ chiefly in the boldness, ability, and secrecy with which they pursue their respective… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share
What capital I give for the spade merely replaces what the manufacturer had already invested in the expectation that the spade would be needed. — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share
“The more refined and intellectual our needs become, the less they are capable of satiety.” — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share
The wind, as a direct motive power, is wholly inapplicable to a system of machine labour, for during a calm season the whole business… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share
Economists can never be free of from difficulties unless they will distinguish between a theory and the application of a theory. — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share
It isrequisite from time to time to remind one generation of the experience which led a former generation to important legislative actions. — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share
Ina regular and constant employment the greatest result will always be gained by such a rate as allows a workman each day,or each week… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share
By a commodity we shall understand any object, substance, action or service, which can afford pleasure or ward off pain. — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share
A little experience is worth much argument; a few facts are better than any theory. — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share
As there are so many who talk prose without knowing it, or, again, who syllogize without having the least idea what a syllogism is,… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share
In any case I hold that there must arise a science of the development of economic forms and relations. — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share
The point of equilibrium will be known by the criterion that an infinitely small amount of commodity exchanged in addition, at the same rate,… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share
It is clear that Economics, if it is to be a science at all, must be a mathematical science ... simply because it deals… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share
I am convinced that it is impossible to expound the methods of induction in a sound manner, without resting them upon the theory of… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share
When quite young I can remember I had no thought or wish of surpassing others. I was rather taken with a liking of little… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share
