MISCHIEF

Related Subjects: Evil, Fool, Injury, Trouble

1. He that mischief hatcheth, mischief catcheth.—WILLIAM CAMDEN, Remains
   

2. He'll find money for mischief, when he can find none for corn.—Proverb
   

3. Let them call it mischief:
   When it is past and prospered 'twill be virtue.—BEN JONSON, Catiline
   

4. No one returns with good-will to the place which has done him a mischief.—PHAEDRUS, Fables
   

5. But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
   How soon they find fit instruments of ill!—POPE, Rape of the Lock
   

6. That mischief comes justly that is of your own seeking.—Proverb
   

7. Little mischief, too much.—Proverb
   

8. He that hinders not a mischief when it is in his power, is guilty of it.—Proverb
   

9. This is miching mallecho; it means mischief.—SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet
   

10. To mourn a mischief that is past and gone,
    Is the next way to draw new mischief on.—SHAKESPEARE, Othello

11. O mischief, thou art swift
    To enter in the thoughts of desperate men!—SHAKESPEARE, Romeo and Juliet