--- title: "6 Thousand Acres Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Thousand Acres quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Thousand Acres sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/590/william-petty-28895_acres_a-thousand-acres-that-can-feed-a-thousan_471883.png" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/590/william-petty-28895_acres_a-thousand-acres-that-can-feed-a-thousan_471883.png) > [If a thousand shares of stocks or bonds make nothing, you pay nothing. But on a thousand acres of land you pay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/if-a-thousand-shares-of-stocks-or-bonds-make-nothing-you-pay-nothing/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d2/will-rogers-272_acres_if-a-thousand-shares-of-stocks-or-bonds_539978.jpg) > [I think that every town should have a park, or rather a primitive forest, of five hundred or a thousand acres, either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-think-that-every-town-should-have-a-park-or-rather-a-primitive/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/henry-david-thoreau-20_acres_i-think-that-every-town-should-have-a-pa_1232900.jpg) > [Have you reckon’d a thousand acres much? have you reckon’d the earth much? Have you practis’d so long to learn to read?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-whitman/have-you-reckon-d-a-thousand-acres-much-have-you-reckon-d-the-earth/) [Walt Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-whitman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/walt-whitman-265_acres_have-you-reckon-d-a-thousand-acres-much_1513529.png) > [“Mother’s estate—our estate—a thousand acres centered in a million more. Lawns the size of small prairies with grass so perfect it beckoned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-simmons/mother-s-estate-our-estate-a-thousand-acres-centered-in-a-million/) [Dan Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-simmons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/dan-simmons-968_trees_mother-s-estate-our-estate-a-thousand-ac_1878600.jpg) > [A few men own from ten thousand to two hundred thousand acres each. The poor Laborer can find no resting place, save…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-kearney/a-few-men-own-from-ten-thousand-to-two-hundred-thousand-acres-each/) [Denis Kearney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-kearney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/denis-kearney-32356_acres_a-few-men-own-from-ten-thousand-to-two-h_2393450.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thousand-acres/#itemlist", "name": "Thousand Acres Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Petty" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-petty/a-thousand-acres-that-can-feed-a-thousand-souls-is-better-than-ten/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/590/william-petty-28895_acres_a-thousand-acres-that-can-feed-a-thousan_471883.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/590/william-petty-28895_acres_a-thousand-acres-that-can-feed-a-thousan_471883.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/590/william-petty-28895_acres_a-thousand-acres-that-can-feed-a-thousan_471883.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect.” — William Petty", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If a thousand shares of stocks or bonds make nothing, you pay nothing. 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