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«And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.»
«Every heart has its secret sorrows which the world knows not, and oftentimes we call a man cold, when he is only sad»
«As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion. Oftentimes, my own opinion will simply represent a con-sensus of what I heard in the discussion. I always remember the axiom: a leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.»
Author: Nelson Mandela
(Statesman)
| About:
Leadership,
Opinions
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«(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) / And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.»
«Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: / For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.»
«I am often troubled as I try hard here to create a new sense of common purpose. . . . And I have felt in the last several months during my presidency that we oftentimes get so caught up in the battle of the moment, the heat of the moment -- how are you going to answer this charge, and make that change, or deal with this difficulty -- that sometimes we forget that we are all in this because we are seeking a good that helps all Americans.»
Author: Bill Clinton
(President)
| Keywords:
battle of, Battle of the, new deal, oftentimes, presidency
«Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every shrub and tree has its gall, oftentimes esteemed its chief ornament and hardly to be distinguished from the fruit. If misery loves company, misery has company enough. Now, at midsummer, find me a perfect leaf or fruit.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
distinguished, esteemed, floating, gall, insects, leaf, lily, midsummer, oftentimes, ornament, pad, padded, riddled, shrub, shrubs
«Let us be patient! These severe afflictions, Not from the ground arise; But oftentimes celestial benedictions, Assume this dark disguise»
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(Poet)
| Keywords:
afflictions, benediction, benedictions, celestial, disguise, oftentimes
«I like vending machines, because snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at the store, oftentimes I will drop it so that is achieves its maximum flavor potential.»
«Diseased nature oftentimes breaks forth in strange eruptions . . .»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
diseased, eruption, oftentimes
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