Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

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.

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.

Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.

Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.

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.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single 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.