Mischief Quotes

215 quotes by 166 authors

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are… — Aristotle
Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief. — Jane Austen
If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to mix with their… — Teresa of Avila
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. — Francis Bacon
All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil. — Jeremy Bentham
What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors. — Aeschylus
All authority belongs to the people... In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief… — Thomas Jefferson
I am as certain as I am standing here, that the secret of much mischief to our own souls, and to the souls of others,… — Alexander Whyte
To be a woman and a writer is double mischief, for the world will slight her who slights "the servile house," and who would rather… — Dilys Laing
It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief. — George Washington
A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen. — James Madison
Absence of gratitude is the mark of the narrow, uneducated mind. It bespeaks a lack of knowledge and the ignorance of self-sufficiency. It expresses itself… — Gordon B. Hinckley
What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in wars had been employed in works… — Benjamin Franklin
Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own fingers. If you… — Arthur Eddington
Dissections daily convince us of our ignorance of disease, and cause us to blush at our prescriptions. What mischief have we done under the belief… — Benjamin Rush
Pipe-smokers spend so much time cleaning, filling and fooling with their pipes, they don't have time to get into mischief. — Bill Vaughan
"I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher." That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation,… — Swami Vivekananda
The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of arms, for all… — Thomas Paine
The people who crucified Jesus were not able to see his godliness at all; they could only see the mischief in him. — Rajneesh
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief. — Henry Fielding

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