#mischief

Give her hell from us, Peeves. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#george-weasley #hell #mischief #peeves #umbridge

All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

#itself #mischief #punishment

The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#course #disaster #history #main #main source

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#blunt #counsel #enough #falsehoods #mischief

Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue. ↗

— Ben Jonson

#mischief #past #prospered #them #virtue

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

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

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