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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.
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.
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.
No one ever excused his way to success.
No one ever excused his way to success.
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.
