Mischief Quotes
Great mischief comes from attempts to steady other people's altars.
Mary Baker Eddy (1944). “Christian Science Sentinel”
Mary Oliver (2009). “Evidence: Poems”, p.43, Beacon Press
All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil.
'Principles of Morals and Legislation' (1789) ch. 13, para. 2
She was a mischief, and that was a satisfaction; no longer was she a huntress of corralled game
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works”, p.543, e-artnow
Aaron Hill, Urania Hill Johnson (1754). “Poems”, p.135
It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience.
Devit v. College of Dublin, Gilbert Eq. Ca. 249, as quoted in "The Dictionary of Legal Quotations" by James William Norton-Kyshe (1904), p. 176, 1720.
William Blake (2005). “Collected Poems”, p.15, Routledge
Tracy Vyas, JK Rowling “Priori Incantatem”, Lulu.com
"Complete Works of Ben Jonson".
A learned woman is thought to be a comet that bodes mischief whenever it appears.
1673 An Essay to Revive the Antient Education of Gentlewomen In Religion, Manners, Art and Tongues,With An Answer to the Objections against this Way of Education.
No greater mischief could be wrought Than love united to a jealous thought.
Robert Greene, George Peele, Alexander Dyce (1861). “The dramatic and poetical works: With memoirs of the authors and notes”, p.311
William Camden (1870). “Remaines of a greater worke, concerning Britaine [signed M.N.] 2 pt. [Another]”, p.324
