"I hope no man takes what I said……" — William Petty
"I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dieing of men for mathematical demonstration."
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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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Here we are to remember that in consequence of our opinion that labor is the Father and active principle of…
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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 Demonstration Quotes
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen…
— HonorÈ De Balzac
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What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they…
— William Blake
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The danger of leaving overwhelming wealth and power in the grasp of a small minority is a lesson that leaders…
— Graydon Carter
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I put my life in danger every time I do some of these demonstrations, whether it's in the audience hanging…
— Criss Angel
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Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend…
— Alan Armstrong
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A movement with some lasting organization is a lot less dramatic than a movement with a lot of demonstrations and…
— Cesar Chavez
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If you go to one demonstration and then go home, that's something, but the people in power can live with…
— Noam Chomsky
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I mean it's easier to be in a demonstration if it's a trip that's one of the reasons why the…
— Lester Bangs
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What is it indeed that gives us the feeling of elegance in a solution, in a demonstration?
— Henri Poincare
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When the logician has resolved each demonstration into a host of elementary operations, all of them correct, he will not…
— Henri Poincare
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I never let the thought of failure enter my mind. My knowledge of my unity with the Universal One and…
— Walter Russell
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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth. The evidence is incontrovertible. The contrast between West…
— Ayn Rand
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