Quotes about Mischief
1 Kings 1:6: his father had never crossed him at any time by asking, "Why have you done so?" That was the foundation of all the mischief. David was an overindulgent father, a father who let his children have their own way, and he reaped according as he had sown.
— JC Ryle
For liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands.
— John Milton
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
— Psalm 7:14
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?
— Psalm 94:20
They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
— Psalm 64:5
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
— Proverbs 1:16
In order to become a great man, one must first be a great rascal.
— Winston Churchill
Hence the German proverb: "All mischief begins in the name of God.
— Martin Luther
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
— Isaiah 59:4
and he was as ready for mischief as a wilderness of monkeys.
— Dorothy Sayers
He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
— Proverbs 16:30
An idle person is the devil's tennis ball, which he bandies up and down with temptation until at last the ball goes out of play.
— Thomas Watson