"Here we are to remember that in consequence……" — 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 the Mother, that the state by killing, mutilating, or imprisoning their members do withal punish themselves."
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William Petty
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15 Quotes by William Petty
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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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A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect.
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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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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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