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We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
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We often do good in order that we may do evil with impunity.
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We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.
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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
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We often have need of a profound philosophy to restore to our feelings their original state of innocence, to find our way out of the rubble of things alien to us, to begin to feel for ourselves and to speak ourselves, and I might almost say to exist ourselves.
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We often marry in despair, so that we repent of it all our life after.
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We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them.
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed (1996) 340 -
We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee to fail intelligently... to experiment over and over again and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work.
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We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to dominate or to master, so as to confirm ourselves as active agents, in control of our own destinies and worthy of respect from others.
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We often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all about two, because "two" is "one and one." We forget that we still have to make a study of "and.".
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We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.
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We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.
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We should often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives behind them.
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We were brought up Protestant, and I went to church three times a day on a Sunday. My parents weren't Bible-bashers, but we all have a strong belief in God and a strong faith. We had a huge garden; our house was a bit like a scene from 'The Good Life.' I think Mam and Dad had it really hard, bringing up a big family on very little.
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We will never forget the passengers of Flight 93, who courageously confronted the terrorists, defeating another planned attack on America. They are the heroes for our times.
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We will often do anything to pretend that nothing is on our minds.
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed (1996) 330 -
We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted.
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Weak arguments are often thrust before my path; but although they are most insubstantial, it is not easy to destroy them. There is not a more difficult feat known than to cut through a cushion with a sword.
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Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.
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Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life.
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