To minds of a certain cast there is nothing so captivating as simplification and generalization.
Thomas MalthusThe moon is not kept in her orbit round the earth, nor the earth in her orbit round the sun, by a force that varies merely in the inverse ratio of the squares of the distances.
Thomas MalthusIn general it may be said that demand is quite as necessary to the increase of capital as the increase of capital is to demand.
Thomas MalthusThe science of political economy is essentially practical, and applicable to the common business of human life. There are few branches of human knowledge where false views may do more harm, or just views more good.
Thomas Malthus