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Definition of Mischief
Mischief

Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by thoughtlessness, or in sport.

Cause of trouble or vexation; trouble.

To do harm to.

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Mischief Quotations

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!
Bob Marley

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.
Voltaire

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
Aristotle

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
Francis Bacon

Mischief Translations

mischief in German is Unheil, Unfug, Unheil, Schaden, Unfug
mischief in Italian is malanno
mischief in Spanish is travesura, calamidad
mischief in Swedish is rackartyg, ofog, okynne, odygd


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