Special Dictionary / Quotations / William Petty
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12 Quotations of William Petty.
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A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acre ...2.
An house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expe ...3.
Another cause which aggravates taxes is the force of paying them in money at a c ...4.
Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens h ...5.
Civil Wars are likewise caused by peoples fansying, that their own uneasie condi ...6.
Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a s ...7.
It were good to know the geometrical content, figure and situation of all the la ...8.
Now, forasmuch as princes are not only powerful but rich, according to a number ...9.
The full understanding of the nature of Money, the effects of the various specie ...10.
We incline, therefore, to think the parishes should be equal or near, because in ...11.
Wherefore when a man giveth out his money upon condition that be may not demand ...12.
Without the knowledge of the true number of the people, as a principle, the whol ...