"No Man is richer for having his Estate……" — Dudley North
"No Man is richer for having his Estate all in Money, Plate, etc. lying by him, but on the contrary, he is for that reason the poorer."
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Dudley North
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10 Quotes by Dudley North
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The Question to be considered is, Whether the Government have reason by a Law, to prohibit the taking more than…
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Trade is nothing else but a Commutation of Superfluities; for instance: I give mine, what I can spare, for somewhat…
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And those are the Rich, who transmit what they have to their Posterity; whereby particular Families become rich; and of…
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One rich Man hath Lands, not only more than he can manage, but so much, that letting them out to…
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It is said, that in Holland Interest is lower than in England.
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So that it cannot be denied, but the lowering of Interest may, and probably will keep some Money from coming…
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It may be said, let him take Money at Interest, and not buy at Time. But then Men must be…
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If any man, out of an humour, should turn all his Estate into Money, and keep it dead, he would…
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Nor in truth, can Forreign Trade subsist without the Home Trade, both being connected together.
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