Alfred Marshall Economics Quotations

Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.

Every short statement about economics is misleading (with the possible exception of my present one).

Economics has as its purpose firstly to acquire knowledge for its own sake, and secondly to throw light on practical issues. But though we are bound, before entering on any study, to consider carefully what are its uses, we should not plan out our work with direct reference to them.