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Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier.

Author: William Petty - English Economist
  Only , Soldier , Merchant , Seaman


That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World.

Author: William Petty - English Economist
  Others , World , Will , Evil


Money is the best rule of commerce.

Author: William Petty - English Economist
  Money , Best , Finance , Commerce


The trade of banks is the buying and selling of interest and exchange.

Author: William Petty - English Economist
  Trade , Selling , Interest , Exchange


A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect.

Author: William Petty - English Economist
  More , Better , Than , Feed


An house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expence, the other as it is an instrument and tool of gain.

Author: William Petty - English Economist
  Way , House , Nature , Instrument


Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain means are provided to keep all men from a necessity either to beg, or steal, or be Souldiers.

Author: William Petty - English Economist
  War , Men , Hands , Wealth


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.

Author: William Petty - English Economist
  Father , Remember , Mother , Opinion


I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dieing of men for mathematical demonstration.

Author: William Petty - English Economist
  Man , Men , Living , Hope


No man pays double or twice for the same thing, forasmuch as nothing can be spent but once.

Author: William Petty - English Economist
  Nothing , Man , Same , Twice


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