Mischief Quotes

215 quotes by 163 authors

As order is heavenly, where quiet is had, so error is hell, or a mischief as bad. — Thomas Tusser
Th' ethereal mould Incapable of stain would soon expel Her mischief, and purge off the baser fire, Victorious. Thus repuls'd, our final hope Is flat… — John Milton
See yonder another King's garden, which the King waters with his bloody sweat-Gethsemane, whose bitter herbs are sweeter far to renewed souls than even Eden's… — Charles Spurgeon
Be quick to do good. If you are slow, the mind, delighting in mischief, will catch you. — Gautama Buddha
Women will work out their destinies â€” much better, too, than men can ever do for them. All the mischief to women has come because… — Swami Vivekananda
I know of nothing that is so degenerating and so dangerous as idleness, for the brain will seek out mischief. — Francis M. Lyman
It is intolerable that it should be in the power of one blockhead to do so much mischief. — Charles James
My coherence-creating groups are going to put out all this mischief-mongership in the world. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Oh, treacherous night thou lendest thy ready veil to every treason, and teeming mischief's beneath thy shade. — Aaron Hill
His subject is the "Origin of Species," & not the origin of Organization; & it seems a needless mischief to have opened the latter speculation… — Harriet Martineau
The people of those foreign countries are very, very ignorant. They looked curiously at the costumes we had brought from the wilds of America. They… — Mark Twain
If anyone thinks he can help you, he will inevitably mislead you, and the less phony he is; the more powerful he is, the more… — U.G. Krishnamurti
When the bad imitate the good, there is no knowing what mischief is intended. — Publilius Syrus
A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth. — Saadi
It sometimes strikes me that the whole of science is a piece of impudence; that nature can afford to ignore our impertinent interference. If our… — Aleister Crowley
The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind. — William Blackstone
No one knows where he who invented the plow was born, nor where he died; yet he has done more for humanity than the whole… — Charles Caleb Colton
There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even have to matter what they're laughing about. — Criss Jami
History makes the point time and time again No greater mischief can be created than to merge the power of religion with the power of… — Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
It is no small mischief to a boy, that many of the best years of his life should be devoted to the learning of what… — William Cobbett

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