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Thomas Malthus quotes: Whether the law of marriage be instituted or not, the dictate of nature and virtue seems to be an early attachment to one woman.

Whether the law of marriage be instituted or not, the dictate of nature and virtue seems to be an early attachment to one woman.

Thomas Malthus quotes: In general it may be said that demand is quite as necessary to the increase of capital as the increase of capital is to demand.

In general it may be said that demand is quite as necessary to the increase of capital as the increase of capital is to demand.

Thomas Malthus quotes: The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil.

The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil.

Thomas Malthus quotes: Man cannot live in the midst of plenty.

Man cannot live in the midst of plenty.

Thomas Malthus quotes: The perpetual struggle for room and food.

The perpetual struggle for room and food.

Thomas Malthus quotes: The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.

The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.

Thomas Malthus quotes: The world's population will multiply more rapidly than the available food supply.

The world's population will multiply more rapidly than the available food supply.

Thomas Malthus quotes: To minds of a certain cast there is nothing so captivating as simplification and generalization.

To minds of a certain cast there is nothing so captivating as simplification and generalization.

Thomas Malthus quotes: If a country can only be rich by running a successful race for low wages, I should be disposed to say at once, perish such riches!

If a country can only be rich by running a successful race for low wages, I should be disposed to say at once, perish such riches!

Thomas Malthus quotes: Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio.

Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio.

Thomas Malthus quotes: The friend of the present order of things condemns all political speculations in the gross.

The friend of the present order of things condemns all political speculations in the gross.

Thomas Malthus quotes: No limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever.

No limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever.

Thomas Malthus quotes: I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth.

I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth.

Thomas Malthus quotes: It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment.

It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment.

Thomas Malthus quotes: A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him.

A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him.

Thomas Malthus quotes: Evil exists in the world not to create despair but activity.

Evil exists in the world not to create despair but activity.

Thomas Malthus quotes: The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice.

The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice.

Thomas Malthus quotes: Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio.

Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio.

Thomas Malthus quotes: The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes.

The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes.

Thomas Malthus quotes: The most baleful mischiefs may be expected from the unmanly conduct of not daring to face truth because it is unpleasing.

The most baleful mischiefs may be expected from the unmanly conduct of not daring to face truth because it is unpleasing.

Thomas Malthus quotes: The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor.

The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor.

Thomas Malthus quotes: I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food.

I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food.

Thomas Malthus quotes: Each pursues his own theory, little solicitous to correct or improve it by an attention to what is advanced by his opponents.

Each pursues his own theory, little solicitous to correct or improve it by an attention to what is advanced by his opponents.

Thomas Malthus quotes: Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful.

Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful.

Thomas Malthus quotes: The most effectual encouragement to population is, the activity of industry, and the consequent multiplication of the national products.

The most effectual encouragement to population is, the activity of industry, and the consequent multiplication of the national products.

Thomas Malthus quotes: A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted.

A great emigration necessarily implies unhappiness of some kind or other in the country that is deserted.

Thomas Malthus quotes: Had population and food increased in the same ratio, it is probable that man might never have emerged from the savage state.

Had population and food increased in the same ratio, it is probable that man might never have emerged from the savage state.

Thomas Malthus quotes: Where are we to look for the consumption required but among the unproductive labourers of Adam Smith? ...

Where are we to look for the consumption required but among the unproductive labourers of Adam Smith? ...

Thomas Malthus quotes: It is not the most pleasant employment to spend eight hours a day in a counting house.

It is not the most pleasant employment to spend eight hours a day in a counting house.

Thomas Malthus quotes: Malthus married in 1804 and beat three children with his wife

Malthus married in 1804 and beat three children with his wife