Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.

Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

I praise loudly, I blame softly

I praise loudly, I blame softly

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

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

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.

A man may fail many times but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

A man may fail many times but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgment.

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our power of judgment.

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.