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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.
He who excuses himself accuses himself.
He who excuses himself accuses himself.
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.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
No one ever excused his way to success.
No one ever excused his way to success.
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.
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.
