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.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.

Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

Hanlon's Razor:"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Hanlon's Razor:"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.