Charles Mackay Quotes (17 Quotes)


    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.

    But the sunshine aye shall light the sky, As round and round we run And the truth shall ever come uppermost, And justice shall be done.

    The smallest effort is not lost. Each wavelet on the ocean tost aids in the ebb-tide or the flow each rain-drop makes some floweret blow each struggle lessens human woe.

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

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


    War in men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity In the good time coming. Nations shall not quarrel then, To prove which is the stronger; Nor slaughter men for glory's sake; - Wait a little longer.

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

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

    Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper.

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

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

    Truth ... and if mine eyes Can bear its blaze, and trace its symmetries, Measure its distance, and its advent wait, I am no prophet I but calculate.

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

    Cleon hath a million acres,ne'er a one have I Cleon dwelleth in a palace,in a cottage I.

    There is no such thing as death. In nature nothing dies. From each sad remnant of decay, some forms of life arise so shall his life be taken away before he knoweth that he hath it.

    Nobles, citizens, farmers, mechanics, seamen, footmen, maid servants, even chimney sweeps and old clothes women dabbled in tulips.

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


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