Charles Mackay Quotes

"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."
- Charles Mackay
(Related: Men, Time, War, Eyes, Glory, Nations, Quarrel)

"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."
- Charles Mackay
(Related: Money, Cause, Delusion, Existence, Nations)

"An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent."
- Charles Mackay
(Related: Thought, May)

"If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me."
- Charles Mackay
(Related: Change)

"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."
- Charles Mackay
(Related: Work, Duty)

"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
(Related: Men, Senses, Will)