Charles Mackay

Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only…

— Charles Mackay

An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent.

— Charles Mackay

“Oh, you tears, I'm thankful that you run. Though you trickle in the darkness, You shall glitter in the sun. The rainbow…

— Charles Mackay

There is no such thing as death. In nature nothing dies. From each sad remnant of decay, some forms of life arise…

— Charles Mackay

The study of the errors into which great minds have fallen in the pursuit of truth can never be uninstructive. . .…

— Charles Mackay

Truth . . . and if mine eyes Can bear its blaze, and trace its symmetries, Measure its distance, and its advent…

— Charles Mackay

Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.

— Charles Mackay

“We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people…

— Charles MacKay

Tell me, ye wingèd winds That round my pathway roar, Know ye not some spot Where mortals weep no more?

— Charles Mackay

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

— Charles Mackay

War in men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity In the good time coming. Nations shall not quarrel then, To prove…

— Charles Mackay

He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small…

— Charles Mackay

Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free.

— Charles Mackay

There 's a good time coming, boys! A good time coming.

— Charles Mackay

“Three causes especially have excited the discontent of mankind; and, by impelling us to seek remedies for the irremediable, have bewildered us…

— Charles MacKay

“In reading The History of Nations, we find that, like individuals, they have their whims and their peculiarities, their seasons of excitement…

— Charles MacKay

The king can drink the best of wine -So can I;And has enough when he would dine -So have I;And can not…

— Charles Mackay

Water is the mother of the vine, the nurse and fountain of fecundity, the adorner and refresher of the world.

— Charles Mackay

Much as the sage may affect to despise the opinion of the world, there are few who would not rather expose their…

— Charles Mackay

Aid the dawning, tongue and pen; Aid it, hopes of honest men!

— Charles Mackay

Old Tubal Cain was a man of might In the days when earth was young.

— Charles Mackay

“Of all the offspring of Time, Error is the most ancient, and is so old and familiar an acquaintance, that Truth, when…

— Charles Mackay

“We all pay an involuntary homage to antiquity – a “blind homage,” as Bacon calls it in his “Novum Organum,” which tends…

— Charles Mackay

“Thus did they nurse their folly, as the good wife of Tam O’Shanter did her wrath, “to keep it warm.”

— Charles MacKay

Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain,…

— Charles Mackay