“Most surely Ibrahim was forbearing, tender-hearted, oft-returning (to Allah): / O Ibrahim! leave off this, surely the decree of your Lord has come to pass, and surely there must come to them a chastisement that cannot be averted.”
quran
“Oft he seems to hide his face, / But unexpectedly returns / And to his faithful champion hath in place / Bore witness gloriously.”
John Milton
“Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake”
William Blake
“Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits”
William Shakespeare
“How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes deeds ill done!”
“To fear the worst oft cures the worse.”
“Striving to be better, oft we mar what's well.”
