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.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.

Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

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.

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.

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.

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.