More often there’s a compromise between ethics and expediency.
Often
Jeremiah is a most melancholy prophet. He wails from beginning to end; he is often childish, is rarely indecent, and although it may be blasphemy to say so, he and his ‘Lamentations’ are really not worth reading.
Justice and judgment lie often a world apart.
Our small ears never had such a workout as on the Fourth of July, hearing not only our own bursting crackers but also those of our friends, and often the boom of homemade cannon shot off by daring boys of 16 years, ready to lose a hand if it blew up.
It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.
American imperialism is often traced to the takeover of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii in 1898.
This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion.
The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.
When we hear the word ‘beauty’, we inevitably think that beauty belongs in a special elite realm where only the extraordinary dwells. Yet without realizing it, each day each one of us is visited by beauty. When you actually listen to people, it is surprising how often beauty is mentioned. A world without beauty would be unbearable.
Those who do wrong very often think others are censuring them, when they are not even thought of.