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.

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.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

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.

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.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

No one ever excused his way to success.

No one ever excused his way to success.

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

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