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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.
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.
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.
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.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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.
No one ever excused his way to success.
No one ever excused his way to success.
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.