"He that in the latter part of his……" — Lyndon B. Johnson
"He that in the latter part of his life too strictly inquires what he has done, can very seldom receive from his own heart such an account as will give him satisfaction."
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317 Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson
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If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
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It is the excitement of becoming - always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again- but always trying and…
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For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the…
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I don't have any handicap. I am all handicap.
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Many have no happier moments than those that they pass in solitude, abandoned to their own imagination, which sometimes puts…
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I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to…
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...in the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be that we bear easily what…
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Nothing is more despicable than the old age of a passionate man. When the vigour of youth fails him, and…
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If the purpose of lamentation be to excite pity, it is surely superfluous for age and weakness to tell their…
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Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation.…
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...that though they may refuse to grow wise, they must inevitably grow old; ...that the proper solaces of age are…
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The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve…
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but…
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A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.
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It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited…
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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
— Max Beerbohm
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There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we…
— Saul Bellow
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To me, it really seems visible today that ethics is not something exterior to the economy, which, as technical matter,…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the…
— Benazir Bhutto
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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers,…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own.
— Ambrose Bierce
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In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in…
— Harry A. Blackmun
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