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A critic should be a pair of snuffers. He is oftener an extinguisher, and not seldom a thief.
Guesses at Truth -
Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun - and neither can stop the march of events.
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Greatness of name in the father oft-times overwhelms the son; they stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth: so much, that we see the grandchild come more and oftener to be heir of the first.
The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio -
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
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It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.
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Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement.
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Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.
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The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.
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There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.
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Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
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Woman often feigns love; man, oftener, passion.
The maxims of Marmaduke
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