"A thousand acres that can feed a thousand……" — William Petty
"A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect."
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William Petty
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15 Quotes by William Petty
William Petty has 15 quotes on this site.
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The method I take to do this is not yet very usual; for instead of using only comparative and superlative…
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Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier.
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An house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expence, the other…
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Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that…
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Here we are to remember that in consequence of our opinion that labor is the Father and active principle of…
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I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dieing of men for mathematical demonstration.
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Money is the best rule of commerce.
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No man pays double or twice for the same thing, forasmuch as nothing can be spent but once.
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That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious,…
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The trade of banks is the buying and selling of interest and exchange.
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Wherefore the race being not to the swift, etc. but time and chance happening to all men, I leave the…
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Wherefore when a man giveth out his money upon condition that be may not demand it back until a certain…
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More Acres Quotes
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Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift, through all the earth and…
— Samuel Beckett
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My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four…
— Dave Brubeck
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It's just a little ranch. Thirty-five acres. In Texas, if it's not a thousand acres, it's considered a ranchette.
— Betty Buckley
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It's very important to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling these events as criminal acts, which…
— Dick Cheney
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Sport is where an entire life can be compressed into a few hours, where the emotions of a lifetime can…
— George A. Sheehan
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And in this battle, Brother William (Guillaume), Master of the Templars, lost an eye; and he had lost the other…
— Jean de Joinville
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An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
— Red Auerbach
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Absence of gratitude is the mark of the narrow, uneducated mind. It bespeaks a lack of knowledge and the ignorance…
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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He is the richest man who enriches his country most; in whom the people feel richest and proudest; who gives…
— Orison Swett Marden
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That hemisphere of the moon which faces us is better known than the earth itself; its vast desert plains have…
— Camille Flammarion
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It is a moot question whether the origin of any kind of property is derived from nature at all. It…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The great god Ra, whose shrine once covered acres, is filler now for crossword puzzle makers.
— Keith Preston
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