There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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.