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.

Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.

Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.

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.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

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.

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.

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

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