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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

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.