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“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else”
Benjamin Franklin
“And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.”
William Shakespeare
“God's only excuse is that he does not exist”
Stendhal
“It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.”
William Arthur Ward
“Several excuses are always less convincing than one.”
Aldous Huxley
“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”
George Washington
“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.”
Henry Ward Beecher
“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”
Kimberly Johnson
“Excuse my dust”
Dorothy Parker