There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

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.

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.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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

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

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.

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.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

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.