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How to use the word oftener in a Sentence?

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Praise — actual personal praise— oftener frets and embarrasses than it encourages. It is too small when too near.

– Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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7 years ago

The mere reality of life would be inconceivably poor without the charm of fancy, which brings in its bosom as many vain fears as idle hopes, but lends much oftener to the illusions it calls up a gay flattering hue than one which inspires terror.

– Von Humboldt

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12 years ago

A pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun - and neither can stop the march of events.

– Robert A. Heinlein

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13 years ago

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.

– Samuel Smiles

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13 years ago

I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed sometimes fail, but not oftener than the forebodings of the gloomy.

– Thomas Jefferson

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14 years ago

A little girl can be sweeter (and badder) oftener than anyone else in the world. She can jitter around, and stomp, and make funny noises that frazzle your nerves, yet just when you open your mouth she stands there demure with that special look in her eyes. A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.

– Alan Marshall Beck

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14 years ago

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.

– Samuel Smiles

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14 years ago

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