Quote by Thomas Malthus
The superior power of population cannot be checked without produci

The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice. – 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 a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known. – Thomas Malthus

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There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators. – Steven Wright

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Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order. – Virginia Woolf

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The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing. – Herodotus

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