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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.
No one ever excused his way to success.
No one ever excused his way to success.
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
He who excuses himself accuses himself.
He who excuses himself accuses himself.
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.
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.
Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.
Forgetting that several excuses are always less convincing than one.
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
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.
