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Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.
Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
To offer the complexities of life as an excuse for not addressing oneself to the simpler, more manageable (trivial) aspects read more
To offer the complexities of life as an excuse for not addressing oneself to the simpler, more manageable (trivial) aspects of daily existence is a perversity often indulged in by artists, husbands, intellectuals -- and critics of the Women's Movement.
Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.
Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.
No one ever excused his way to success.
No one ever excused his way to success.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.
Bad excuses are worse than none.
Bad excuses are worse than none.
He who excuses himself accuses himself.
He who excuses himself accuses himself.
