"Wherefore the race being not to the swift,……" — William Petty
"Wherefore the race being not to the swift, etc. but time and chance happening to all men, I leave the Judgment of the whole to the Candid, of whose correction I shall never be impatient."
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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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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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