A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Despair doth strike as deep a furrow in the brain as mischief or remorse. — Bryan Procter Copy Share Image
The sower of the seed is assuredly the author of the whole harvest of mischief. — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
“Before the morn ye'll work mischief:'' Indeed will I,'' quo' Findlay. -Ти май си нещо наумил. -Май нещо - каза Финдли.” — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not inthralled; Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm… — John Milton Copy Share Image
They were becoming like a little Mafia. If one committed a mischief, the others would not tell. — Franco Diligenti Copy Share Image
I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed. — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
If you strip away self-effacement, charm and the spirit of mischief-qualities that make determination and ambition tolerable- you're left with a right… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
As dust thrown against the wind, mischief is blown back in the face of the fool who wrongs the pure and harmless. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
"I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher." That is renunciation. Then, by the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Some are "industrious," and appear to love labor for its own sake, or perhaps because it keeps them out of worse mischief;… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The biggest mischief in the past century has been perpetrated by Rousseau with his doctrine of the goodness of human nature. The… — Jacob Burckhardt Copy Share Image
For love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and wise men a foresight of those evils that too often prove… — Izaak Walton Copy Share Image
The time has come to knock off this religion business in American politics. There's no end to the mischief that can occur.… — Lowell P. Weicker, Jr Copy Share Image
Government should have drones. Industries, companies can have drones. Everyone else doesn't need drones. It's just going to create mischief. They are… — Gary B Smith Copy Share Image
I was pretty young when my father was prime minister, so it wasn't really a big part of my life. My folks… — Julian McMahon Copy Share Image
A pure democracy can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will be felt by a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosophers stones, a sovereign remedy to all… — Robert A. Burton Copy Share Image
There are various orders of beauty, causing men to make fools of themselves in various styles... but there is one order of… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
If a man considers that he is born, he cannot avoid the fear of death. Let him find out if he has… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Milk-livered man, That bear'st a cheek for blows, a head for wrongs; Who hast not in thy brows an eye discerning Thine… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A little thorn may cause much suffering. A little cloud may hide the sun. Little foxes spoil the vines; and little sins… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Where wildness and disorder are visible in the dance, there Satan, death and all kinds of mischief are likewise upon the floor.… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Copy Share Image
If I were to speak of war, it would not be to show you the glories of conquering armies but the mischief… — Clara Barton Copy Share Image
The mischiefs of anarchy have been equaled by the mischiefs of government. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
No greater mischief could be wrought Than love united to a jealous thought. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone Is the next way to draw new mischief on. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
These trifles will lead to serious mischief. [Lat., Hae nugae seria ducent In mala.] — Horace Copy Share Image
And some that smile have in their hearts, I fear, millions of mischiefs. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image