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William Stanley Jevons quotes: Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of, while the visible and dense matter remains as it was. Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of, while the visible and dense matter remains as it was.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: The difficulties of economics are mainly the difficulties of conceiving clearly and fully the conditions of utility. The difficulties of economics are mainly the difficulties of conceiving clearly and fully the conditions of utility.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: Fertility of imagination and abundance of guesses at the truth are among the first requisites of discovery. Fertility of imagination and abundance of guesses at the truth are among the first requisites of discovery.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: Repeated reflection and inquiry have led me to the somewhat novel opinion, that value depends entirely upon utility. Repeated reflection and inquiry have led me to the somewhat novel opinion, that value depends entirely upon utility.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: Property is only another name for monopoly. Property is only another name for monopoly.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: The calculus of utility aims at supplying the ordinary wants of man at the least cost of labour. The calculus of utility aims at supplying the ordinary wants of man at the least cost of labour.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: The child which overbalances itself in learning to walk is experimenting on the law of gravity. The child which overbalances itself in learning to walk is experimenting on the law of gravity.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: The whole question of the steam engine is one of economy. It's development consist of nothing but the quest for greater efficiency. The whole question of the steam engine is one of economy. It's development consist of nothing but the quest for greater efficiency.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: The more refined and intellectual our needs become, the less they are capable of satiety. The more refined and intellectual our needs become, the less they are capable of satiety.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: It isrequisite from time to time to remind one generation of the experience which led a former generation to important legislative actions. It isrequisite from time to time to remind one generation of the experience which led a former generation to important legislative actions.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: In any case I hold that there must arise a science of the development of economic forms and relations. In any case I hold that there must arise a science of the development of economic forms and relations.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: Economists can never be free of from difficulties unless they will distinguish between a theory and the application of a theory. Economists can never be free of from difficulties unless they will distinguish between a theory and the application of a theory.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: There are many portions of economical doctrine which appear to me as scientific in form as they are consonant with facts. There are many portions of economical doctrine which appear to me as scientific in form as they are consonant with facts.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: But, in reality, there is no such thing as an exact science. But, in reality, there is no such thing as an exact science.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: It is clear that economics, if it is to be a science at all, must be a mathematical science. It is clear that economics, if it is to be a science at all, must be a mathematical science.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: A correct theory is the first step towards improvement, by showing what we need and what we might accomplish. A correct theory is the first step towards improvement, by showing what we need and what we might accomplish.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: A little experience is worth much argument; a few facts are better than any theory. A little experience is worth much argument; a few facts are better than any theory.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: One pound invested for five years gives the same result as five pounds invested for one year, the product being five pound years. One pound invested for five years gives the same result as five pounds invested for one year, the product being five pound years.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: As a general rule, it is foolish to do just what other people are doing, because there are almost sure to be too many people doing the same thing. As a general rule, it is foolish to do just what other people are doing, because there are almost sure to be too many people doing the same thing.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: Science arises from the discovery of Identity amid Diversity. Science arises from the discovery of Identity amid Diversity.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: What capital I give for the spade merely replaces what the manufacturer had already invested in the expectation that the spade would be needed. What capital I give for the spade merely replaces what the manufacturer had already invested in the expectation that the spade would be needed.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: The theory of Economics must begin with a correct theory of consumption. The theory of Economics must begin with a correct theory of consumption.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: Capital simply allows us to expend labour in advance. Capital simply allows us to expend labour in advance.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: One of the first and most difficult steps in a science is to conceive clearly the nature of the magnitudes about which we are arguing. One of the first and most difficult steps in a science is to conceive clearly the nature of the magnitudes about which we are arguing.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: Over-production is not possible in all branches of industry at once, but it is possible in some as compared to others. Over-production is not possible in all branches of industry at once, but it is possible in some as compared to others.
William Stanley Jevons quotes: By a commodity we shall understand any object, substance, action or service, which can afford pleasure or ward off pain. By a commodity we shall understand any object, substance, action or service, which can afford pleasure or ward off pain.

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