| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 22071 |
| QUOTATION: | When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Henry Fielding (17071754), British novelist, dramatist. Quoting a wise old gentleman, in Tom Jones, bk. 15, ch. 2 (1749). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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