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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.
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single 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.
Bad excuses are worse than none.
Bad excuses are worse than none.
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.
No one ever excused his way to success.
No one ever excused his way to success.
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.
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.
