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.

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.

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 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.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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.

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.