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.
Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement… - Charles Mackay
Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement…
- Charles Mackay
If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me. - Charles Mackay
If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me.
Old Tubal Cain was a man of might In the days when earth was young. - Charles Mackay
Old Tubal Cain was a man of might In the days when earth was young.
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 bef… - Charles Mackay
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 bef…
Of all the offspring of Time, Error is the most ancient, and is so old and familiar an acquaintance, that Truth, when discovered, comes upon most of … - Charles Mackay
Of all the offspring of Time, Error is the most ancient, and is so old and familiar an acquaintance, that Truth, when discovered, comes upon most of …
Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later. - Charles Mackay
Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.
The study of the errors into which great minds have fallen in the pursuit of truth can never be uninstructive. . . No man is so wise but that he may … - Charles Mackay
The study of the errors into which great minds have fallen in the pursuit of truth can never be uninstructive. . . No man is so wise but that he may …
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 t… - Charles Mackay
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 t…
There 's a good time coming, boys! A good time coming. - Charles Mackay
There 's a good time coming, boys! A good time coming.
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