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.

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.

Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.

Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.

If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.

If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.

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.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.

Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.

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.