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.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.

Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.

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.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

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

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