Hi,
I’ve come across this quotation:
“Learning by experience often is painful- and the more it hurts, the more you learn.”
Ralph Banks
=> I just wonder if “often” is all right in this position (in standard English)
Many thanks
Nessie. 
Jan: It’s been a painful way to learn.
Minnie: Learning by experience often is painful.
Hi,
The change of word order (from is often) is probably used here for emphasis. You ask whether it’s ‘standard’ and that is a very difficult question to answer. I find it perfectly acceptable when used for emphasis.
Alan
Me too.
Similar examples:
It quite/so often is that (way).
He often did visit us.