Mischief

Famous quotes containing the word mischief:

“A sympathetic person is placed in the dilemma of a swimmer among drowning men, who all catch at him, and if he give so much as a leg or a finger, they will drown him. They wish to be saved from the mischief of their vices, but not from their vices.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“What exists outside is a man’s concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)