#mischief

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

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

Loki'd! ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#funny #god #hiddleston #loki #mischief

Anytime a large, emergency spending bill makes its way through Congress, the potential for mischief is great. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#bill #congress #emergency #great #large

He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner. ↗

— Hesiod

#does #evil #fashions #himself #mischief

For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do. ↗

— Isaac Watts

#finds #hands #idle #mischief #satan

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

— Alexander Pope

#blunt #counsel #enough #falsehoods #mischief

Balancing a nominal budget will solve nothing, and attempting to achieve such a spurious balance will produce much mischief. ↗

— William Vickrey

#attempting #balance #balancing #budget #mischief

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

— Ben Jonson

#mischief #past #prospered #them #virtue