Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

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.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

He who excuses himself accuses himself.

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.

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.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

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

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