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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.
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
Credulity is always greatest in times of calamity.
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
During seasons of great pestilence, men have often believed the prophecies of crazed fanatics, that the end of the world was come.
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
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.
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
The over-bearing insolence of ignorant men, who had arisen to sudden wealth by successful gambling, made men of true gentility of mind and manners blush that gold should have power to raise the unworthy in the scale of society.
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
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. Failing in these, it has some madness, to which it is goaded by political or religious causes, or both combined.
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
Of all the nations in the world the French are the most renowned for singing over their grievances. Of that country it has been remarked with some truth, that its whole history may be traced in its songs.
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)