“But as some muskets so contrive it As oft to miss the mark they drive at, And though well aimed at duck or plover, Bear wide, and kick their owners over.”
John Trumbull
“During the (National Rifle Association) convention, Charlton Heston held a musket over his head and declared, 'From my cold dead hands,'”
Troy Brown
“For Freedom's battle once begun, / Bequeathed by bleeding Sire to Son, / Though baffled oft is ever won.”
Lord Byron
“Though old the thought and oft expressed, 'Tis his at last who says it best”
James Russell Lowell
“Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake”
William Blake
“Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.”
William Shakespeare
“Jesters do oft prove prophets”
