Charles Mackay: Quotes about men

Charles Mackay was British writer. Explore interesting quotes on men.

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“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.”

Charles Mackay book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Source: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)

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

"Clear the Way".
Legends of the Isles and Other Poems (1851)

“During seasons of great pestilence, men have often believed the prophecies of crazed fanatics, that the end of the world was come.”

Charles Mackay book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)

“The over-bearing insolence of ignorant men, who had arisen to sudden wealth by successful gambling, made men of true gentility of mind and manners blush that gold should have power to raise the unworthy in the scale of society.”

Charles Mackay book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)