Instead of using only comparative Words and intellectual Arguments, I have taken the course…to express myself in Terms of Number, Weight, or Measure; to use only Arguments of Sense, and to consider only such Causes, as have visible Foundations in Nature.
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.
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| Birth: | 27th May, 1623 |
| Death: | 16th December, 1687 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Economist, Philosopher, Scientist |
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