“ For me, poetry is an impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind. ”
- Maxwell Bodenheim- Copy
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“ Passions are less mischievous than boredom, for passions tend to diminish and boredom increase. ”
- Barbey d’Aurevilly- Copy
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“ Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing. ”
- Francis Bacon- Copy
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“ As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard. ”
- Felix Frankfurter- Copy
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“ How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite. ”
- Voltaire- Copy
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“ All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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“ Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things. ”
- J. R. R. Tolkien- Copy
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“ For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose. ”
- Sylvia Plath- Copy
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“ I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul. I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private… ”
- Socrates- Copy
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