Gautama Buddha
Spiritual Teacher
"Be quick to do good. If you are slow, the mind, delighting in mischief, will catch you."
Mischief quotes
Mischief
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Mary Oliver
Poet
"I believe in kindness. Also in mischief."
Honore de Balzac
Novelist
"Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Novelist
"She was a mischief, and that was a satisfaction; no longer was she a huntress of corralled game"
Aaron Hill
Playwright
"She who means no mischief does it all."
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"Where cheating is, there's mischief there."
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"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."
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"It is intolerable that it should be in the power of one blockhead to do so much mischief."
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"Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn away. Before sorrow befalls you."
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"He is a fool who only sees the mischiefs that are past."
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"after a man passes 60 , his mischief is mainly in his head"
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"And some that smile have in their hearts, I fear, millions of mischiefs."
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"Bind them down by the chains of the Constitution where they can do no mischief."
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"Everybody has asked the question . . . 'What shall we do with the Negro?' I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has already played the mischief with us. Do nothing with us!"
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