"It is not uncommon for those who at……" — Lyndon B. Johnson
"It is not uncommon for those who at their first entrance into the world were distinguished for attainments or abilities, to disappoint the hopes which they had raised, and to end in neglect and obscurity that life which they began in honour. To the long catalogue of the inconveniences of old age, which moral and satirical writers have so copiously displayed, may be often added the loss of fame."
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317 Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson
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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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A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
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Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
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The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.
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I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.
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Confidence can get you where you want to go, and getting there is a daily process. It's so much easier…
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