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Charles Mackay was a prominent British poet born on March 27, 1814, and died on December 24, 1889. His poetry is known for its profound emotion and vivid imagery, which has had a lasting impact on subsequent poets.

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Famous Charles Mackay 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, one by one.”

Madness Crowds

Book:Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds

Source: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds

“We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, till their attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first. We see one nation suddenly seized, from its highest to its lowest members, with a fierce desire of military glory; another as suddenly becoming crazed upon a religious scruple, and neither of them recovering its senses until it has shed rivers of blood and sowed a harvest of groans and tears, to be reaped by its posterity.”

Madness Crowds Delusions Manias Mass Man

Author:Charles Mackay

“Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds”

Ignorance Economics Madness Extraordinary Crowds Propaganda Delusion Herds

Book:Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds and ConfusiÃ3n de Confusiones

Source: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds and ConfusiÃ3n de Confusiones

“Three causes especially have excited the discontent of mankind; and, by impelling us to seek remedies for the irremediable, have bewildered us in a maze of madness and error. These are death, toil, and the ignorance of the future.”

Three Causes Mankind Ignorance Madness Errors Excited Remedy Toil Discontent Mazes Bewildered

Book:Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds: Understanding the Forces Behind Group Mentality, Thoughts and Actions

Source: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds: Understanding the Forces Behind Group Mentality, Thoughts and Actions