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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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