William Petty Quotes

William Petty Quotes & Quotations
Name:
William Petty
Type:
Economist
Nationality:
English
Birth day:
May 27
Birth year:
1623

  • 1
    Another cause which aggravates taxes is the force of paying them in money at a certain tinge, and not in commodities at the most convenient seasons. William Petty
  • 2
    As for religion, I die in the profession of that faith, and in the practice of such worship as I find established by the law of my country. William Petty
  • 3
    Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier. William Petty
  • 4
    I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dieing of men for mathematical demonstration. William Petty
  • 5
    It were good to know the geometrical content, figure and situation of all the lands of a kingdom, especially according to its most natural bounds. William Petty
  • 6
    Money is the best rule of commerce. William Petty
  • 7
    No man pays double or twice for the same thing, forasmuch as nothing can be spent but once. William Petty
  • 8
    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. William Petty
  • 9
    The trade of banks is the buying and selling of interest and exchange. William Petty
  • 10
    We incline, therefore, to think the parishes should be equal or near, because in the reformed religion the principal use of a church is to preach in. William Petty
  • 11
    Wherefore the race being not to the swift, etc. but time and chance happening to all men, I leave the Judgement of the whole to the Candid, of whose correction I shall never be impatient. William Petty
  • 12
    Wherefore when a man giveth out his money upon condition that be may not demand it back until a certain time to come, he certainly may take a compensation for this inconvenience which he admits against himself. William Petty

 

 

 

 

 

 

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