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William Petty quotes: The trade of banks is the buying and selling of interest and exchange.

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

William Petty quotes: 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.

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.

William Petty quotes: Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier.

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

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

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

William Petty quotes: Raising of money may indeed change the species, but with so much loss as the foreign pieces were raised unto, above their intrinsick value.

Raising of money may indeed change the species, but with so much loss as the foreign pieces were raised unto, above their intrinsick value.

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

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

William Petty quotes: Money is the best rule of commerce.

Money is the best rule of commerce.

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

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

William Petty quotes: 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.

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.