#mischief

What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors. ↗

— Aeschylus

#concern #doors #exists #give #man

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief. ↗

— Jane Austen

#head #mischief #produces #sort #vanity

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds. ↗

— Aristotle

#comfort #deeds #friends #incite #keep

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

#civil #civil liberty #diminishes #doing #fellow

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness. ↗

— George Borrow

#been #dreary #escape #idleness #itself

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#doing #mischief #nothing

Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney. ↗

— Sharon Gless

#always #because #been #cagney #characters

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

— William Shakespeare

#art

The place had enormous possibilities. He realized that at once. The stream, of course, was perfect for sailing toy boats, for skipping stones, and, in the event of failing inspiration, for falling into. Several of the trees appeared to have been specifically designed for climbing, and one huge, white old birch overhanging the stream promised the exhilarating combination of climbing a tree and falling into the water, all at one time. ↗

— David Eddings

#humour #mischief #design

I was pretty young when my father was prime minister, so it wasn't really a big part of my life. My folks were away a lot, meeting foreign dignitaries and that sort of thing, but it never struck me as odd. If anything it allowed me to get into all sorts of mischief. ↗

— Julian McMahon

#anything #away #big #dignitaries #father