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.

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.

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.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.

Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Hanlon's Razor:"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Hanlon's Razor:"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

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.