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.
Thomas MalthusNo limits whatever are placed to the productions of the earth; they may increase forever.
Thomas MalthusIt may at first appear strange, but I believe it is true, that I cannot by means of money raise a poor man and enable him to live much better than he did before, without proportionably depressing others in the same class.
Thomas MalthusThe most baleful mischiefs may be expected from the unmanly conduct of not daring to face truth because it is unpleasing.
Thomas MalthusThe exertions that men find it necessary to make, in order to support themselves or families, frequently awaken faculties that might otherwise have lain for ever dormant, and it has been commonly remarked that new and extraordinary situations generally create minds adequate to grapple with the difficulties in which they are involved.
Thomas Malthus