Mischief Quotes

215 quotes by 166 authors

An up-close portrait of middle-class Nigeria exploring the boundaries of morals and public decorum. Pitched between humor and despair, with stripped-down, evocative prose, A Bit… — Nii Parkes
You know, God, the power that makes life, whatever it is, had just to make two things, masculine and feminine, for all this mischief. And… — Beatrice Wood
What is really important to me is a sense of humour and a mischief about life. Life is just too boring otherwise. — Mira Nair
I was invited by a publisher to write the text for Tantra.[1] Having done some research, what fascinated me was the evidence that many 'tantric'… — Indra Sinha
The madness of mobs or the insolence of soldiers, or both, when too near to each other, occasion some mischief. — Benjamin Franklin
Much mischief is done in the world with very little interest or design. — Samuel Johnson
In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting… — George Washington
History will also afford frequent opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion, from its usefulness to the public; the advantage of a religious… — Benjamin Franklin
History will also give occasion to expatiate on the advantage of civil orders and constitutions; how men and their properties are protected by joining in… — Benjamin Franklin
To attempt to enumerate the complicated variety of mischiefs in the whole system of the social economy, which proceed from a neglect of the maxims… — Alexander Hamilton
The mischief of flattery is, not that it persuades any man that he is what he is not, but that it suppresses the influence of… — Samuel Johnson
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We declare, upon Scriptural authority, that the human will is so desperately set on mischief, so depraved, and so inclined to everything that is evil,… — Charles Spurgeon
It is the quality of patriotism to be jealous and watchful, to observe all secret machinations, and to see publick dangers at a distance. The… — Samuel Johnson
A little neglect may breed great mischief. — Benjamin Franklin
When we advance a little into life, we find that the tongue of man creates nearly all the mischief of the world. — Edwin Paxton Hood
A little thorn may cause much suffering. A little cloud may hide the sun. Little foxes spoil the vines; and little sins do mischief to… — Charles Spurgeon
That men, in reality, did not have friends in other men. That the fellowship of men, despite its joyous banter, old memories of exaggerated mischief… — Manu Joseph
We labor under the fatal delusion that no disease can be cured without medicine. This has been responsible for more mischief to mankind than any… — Mahatma Gandhi
It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief that is peculiar to one, than an inconvenience that may prejudice many. — Edward Coke

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