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“ ”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.
About Charles Mackay
Charles Mackay (27 March 1814 – 24 December 1889) was a Scottish poet, journalist, and song writer.
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Additional quotes by 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 us like an intruder, and meets the intruder's welcome.
Every age has its peculiar folly — some scheme, project, or phantasy into which it plunges, spurred on either by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the mere force of imitation.
The study of the errors into which great minds have fallen in the pursuit of truth can never be uninstructive.