William Shakespeare - Ben Jonson - Voltaire - Francois de la Rouchefoucauld -
O mischief, thou art swift
To enter in the thoughts of desperate men! William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet IV iv 35-36, Romeo to self
Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. Take thou what course thou wilt. William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar III ii
Mischiefs feed
Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed. Ben Jonson, Volpone, 1606
The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year. Voltaire
There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do. Francois de La Rochefoucauld