Quotes by Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus

English cleric and scholar

Lived from: 1766 - 1834

Category: Business and entrepreneurs Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 13 february 1766 Died: 23 december 1834

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

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  • A feather will weigh down a scale when there is nothing in the opposite one.
    Principles of Political Economy (1836) II, I, V
    ― Thomas Malthus
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  • Evil exists in the world not to create despair but activity.
    An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798) XIX, 15, 1
    ― Thomas Malthus
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  • Had population and food increased in the same ratio, it is probable that man might never have emerged from the savage state.
    An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798) XVIII, 11, 16
    ― Thomas Malthus
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  • I happen to have a very bad fit of the tooth-ache at the time I am writing this.
    An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798) XII, 6, 8
    ― Thomas Malthus
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  • I think it will be found that experience,
    the true source and foundation of all knowledge,
    invariably confirms its truth.
    ― Thomas Malthus
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  • 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.
    Principles of Political Economy (1836) II, I, IV
    ― Thomas Malthus
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  • It has appeared that from the inevitable laws of our nature, some human beings must suffer from want. These are the unhappy persons who, in the great lottery of life, have drawn a blank.
    An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798) X, 29, 1-15
    ― Thomas Malthus
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  • It is not the most pleasant employment to spend eight hours a day in a counting house.
    Principles of Political Economy (1836) II, I, IX
    ― Thomas Malthus
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  • Man cannot live in the midst of plenty.
    An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798) X, 7, 1
    ― Thomas Malthus
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  • Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio, Subsistence, increases only in an arithmetical ratio.
    An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798) I, 18, 1-2
    ― Thomas Malthus
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  • The power of population is so superior to the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race.
    An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798) VII, 20, 2-4
    ― Thomas Malthus
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  • To prevent the recurrence of misery is, alas! beyond the power of man.
    An Essay on The Principle of Population (1798) V, 25, 4-5
    ― Thomas Malthus
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What are the most famous quotes from Thomas Malthus?

The two most famous quotes from Thomas Malthus are:

  • "A feather will weigh down a scale when there is nothing in the opposite one."
  • "Evil exists in the world not to create despair but activity."

When did Thomas Malthus live?

Thomas Malthus was born in 1766 and died in the year 1834.