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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.