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That’s one reason that the reputations of most presidents improve after they leave office: Contrary to Shakespeare, it’s the evil men do that’s “oft interred with their bones.”

From Seattle Times

The lie, oft repeated, becomes for many, the truth.

From Salon

“I don’t know,” she was oft quoted as saying.

From Seattle Times

Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.

From BBC

A mountain man talk talks about surviving the outdoors in an ad that stars singer Sarah McLachlan spoofing her well-known and oft mocked animal-advocacy ad that uses her song “Angel.”

From Seattle Times