Note 45 — Chapter I · : THE PHYSIOCRATS
R. (Robert) Richards translation
They imagined that it was actually so. “On the one hand, we see the productive class living on a series of payments, which are given in return for its labour, and always bearing a close relation to the outlay upon its upkeep. On the other, there is nothing but consumption and annihilation of goods, but no production.” (Quesnay, p. 60.)