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.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

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.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

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.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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.