Mischief Quotes - Page 3

• To mourn a mischief that is past and gone Is the next way to draw new mischief on.

  William Shakespeare

  Past, Gone, Way

  1603-4 Duke to Brabanzio. Othello, act1, sc.3, l.201-4.

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• I think there is a spiritual scent in us which feels mischief coming, as they say birds scent storms.

  James Anthony Froude

  Spiritual, Thinking, Bird

  James Anthony Froude (1849). “The Nemesis of Faith”, p.59

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• The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts; but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do?

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Fall, Doubt, Wicked

  The Newcomes ch. 20 (1853 - 1855)

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• Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. Take thou what course thou wilt.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Work, Plebeians

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [265]

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• Don't you complicate your mind
  Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy.

  Bob Marley

  Jealousy, Hate, Reality

  "Song: 'Wake Up and Live!'". 1979.

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• I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Cheer, Hate, Kicking

  D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2003). “The Letters of D. H. Lawrence”, p.201, Cambridge University Press

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• I fell in love with you because there was a mischief in your eyes.

  Michka Assayas

  Falling In Love, Love You, Eye

  Michka Assayas (2006). “Bono”, p.90, Penguin

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• 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 the tender heart. These little sins burrow in the soul, and make it so full of that which is hateful to Christ, that he will hold no comfortable fellowship and communion with us. A great sin cannot destroy a Christian, but a little sin can make him miserable.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Heart, Clouds

  C. H. Spurgeon (2006). “Morning by Morning”, p.151, Hendrickson Publishers

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• What are you up to?” “Oh, you know, mischief and mayhem,” he replied. “That so reminds me of Harry Potter,” Brit said, sighing. “I need a re-read.” We all turned to her. Two bright spots appeared in her cheeks as she tossed her blonde hair back. “What? I’m not ashamed to admit that random things remind me of Harry Potter.

  J. Lynn

  Hair, Two, Blonde

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• It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.

  George Washington

  Brother, Children, Father

  George Washington (1847). “The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the American revolution: (v. 3) June, 1775-July, 1776. (v. 4) July, 1776-July] 1777. (v. 5) July, 1777-July, 1778. (v. 6) July, 1778-March, 1780. (v. 7) March, 1780-April, 1781. (v. 8) April, 1781-December, 1783”, p.374

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• So remember it, lad. If your head thinks up mischief, your backside's going to pay for it. Brian Fraser to young Jamie

  Diana Gabaldon

  Thinking, Pay, Remember

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• A word that has been said may be unsaid-it is but air. But when a deed is done, it cannot be undone, nor can our thoughts reach out to all the mischiefs that may follow.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Hurt, Air, Done

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1871). “The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.565

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• A boy without mischief is like a bowling ball without a liquid center.

  Homer

  Boys, Balls, Liquid

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• Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Wickedness, World, Neglect

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2011). “The Sorrows of Young Werther (少年維特的煩惱)”, p.13, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

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• Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn away. Before sorrow befalls you.

  Gautama Buddha

  Sorrow, Turns, Again And Again

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• When the mischief is done the door is shut.

  Juvenal

  Doors, Done

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• Government prohibitions do always more mischief than had been calculated; and it is not without much hesitation that a statesman should hazard to regulate the concerns of individuals, as if he could do it better than themselves.

  Albert Gallatin

  Government, Liberty, Hazards

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• As the whirlwind in its fury teareth up trees, and deformeth the face of nature, or as an earthquake in its convulsions overturneth whole cities; so the rage of an angry man throweth mischief around him.

  Akhenaton

  Men, Angry Man, Earthquakes

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• I think I have a sense of mischief and that I can laugh at myself.

  Eric Cantona

  Thinking, Laughing, I Can

  "Eric Cantona tells us about his new movie Looking For Eric and his most memorable football moments". Interview with The Ticket, www.mirror.co.uk. June 12, 2009.

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• Men do not get up and do mischief, without there is someone in the head of it.

  Andrew Jackson

  Men, Trouble, Get Up

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• There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Clever, Men, Enough

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• Pipe-smokers spend so much time cleaning, filling and fooling with their pipes, they don't have time to get into mischief.

  Bill Vaughan

  Smoking, Cleaning, Filling

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• A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen.

  James Madison

  Military, Army, Standing

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• after a man passes 60 , his mischief is mainly in his head

  Washington Irving

  Men

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• No greater mischief can happen to a Christian people, than to have God's word taken from them, or falsified, so that they no longer have it pure and clear. God grant we and our descendants be not witness to such a calamity.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Taken, People

  Martin Luther (1848). “The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt”, p.6

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