Often Quotes

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Jesting is often only indigence of intellect. — Jean de la Bruyere
Our finest flowers are often weeds transplanted. — Elbert Hubbard
Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded. — Lord Chesterfield
The writer who neglects punctuation, or mispunctuates, is liable to be misunderstood for the want of merely a comma, it often occurs that an axiom… — Edgar Allan Poe
People often represent the weakest link in the security chain and are chronically responsible for the failure of security systems. — Bruce Schneier
We are so concerned to flatter the majority that we lose sight of how very often it is necessary, in order to preserve freedom for… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
We receive mixed messages about taking good care of ourselves. Love thy neighbor as thyself means to love thyself and thy neighbor. Yet, self-love often… — Jennifer James
It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty. — Dalai Lama
Death is sometimes a punishment, often a gift; to many it has been a favor. — Seneca the Younger
I have often asked Americans wherein they consider their freedom superior to that of the English, but have never found them able to indicate a… — James Bryce
This is revolution in reaction, as well as in radicalism, and Toryism speaking a jargon of law and order may often be a graver menace… — Frank I. Cobb
The function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it invites… — William O. Douglas
The American feels too rich in his opportunities for free expression that he often no longer knows what he is free from. Neither does he… — Erik Erikson
I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon law and upon courts. These are false hopes, believe me,… — Learned Hand
I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful; for not only… — Samuel Johnson
Beware of those who would use violence, too often it is violence they want and neither truth nor freedom. — Louis L'Amour
Fortune is proverbially called changeful, yet her caprice often takes the form of repeating again and again a similar stroke of luck in the same… — Charlotte Bronte
What I know for sure: Often we don't even realize who we're meant to be because we're so busy trying to live out someone else's… — Oprah Winfrey
I often pray, though I'm not really sure Anyone's listening; and I phrase it carefully, just in case He's literary. — Mignon McLaughlin
Often have I sighed to measure By myself a lonely pleasure,- Sighed to think I read a book, Only read, perhaps, by me. — William Wordsworth
I thrive best on solitude. If I have had a companion only one day in a week, unless it were one or two I could… — Henry David Thoreau
It is often the case that a man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one. — Mark Twain
A Falsehood is, in one sense, a dead thing; but too often it moves about, galvanized by self-will, and pushes the living out of their… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Avarice misapprehends itself almost always. There is no passion which more often will miss its aim, nor upon which the present has so much influence… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is commonly seen by experience that excellent memories do often accompany weak judgements. — Michel de Montaigne

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