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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
Tags: never, candid, men, time

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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
Tags: gain, way, house, nature
Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier.
— William Petty
Tags: merchant, every, seaman, only, soldier
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
Tags: back, time, money, man
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