Charles Mackay

“He was also a poet, but of less merit than pretensions. His Chrysopeia, in which he pretended to teach the art of…

— Charles Mackay

But the sunshine aye shall light the sky, As round and round we run; And the truth shall ever come uppermost, And…

— Charles Mackay

“In February 1720 an edict was published, which, instead of restoring the credit of the paper, as was intended, destroyed it irrecoverably,…

— Charles MacKay

There is scarcely an occurrence in nature which, happening at a certain time, is not looked upon by some persons as a…

— Charles Mackay

Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers,…

— Charles Mackay

There's a fount about to stream, There's a light about to beam, There's a warmth about to glow, There's a flower about…

— Charles Mackay

“You have no enemies, you say? Alas, my friend, the boast is poor. He who has mingled in the fray of duty…

— Charles Mackay

Men of thought and men of action, clear the Way!

— Charles Mackay

If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me.

— Charles Mackay

“Many persons grow insensibly attached to that which gives them a great deal of trouble, as a mother often loves her sick…

— Charles MacKay

“Let us not, in the pride of our superior knowledge, turn with contempt from the follies of our predecessors. The study of…

— Charles MacKay