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Aldous Huxley, Point Counter Point
Several excuses are always less convincing than one.

Don Wilder and Bill Rechin
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

Elbert Hubbard
Don't make excuses - make good.

French Proverb
Justifying a fault doubles it.

Gabriel Meurier, Tr?sor des sentences
He who excuses himself accuses himself.

Jules Renard
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

Kimberly Johnson
Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin
Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.

William Shakespeare
And oftentimes excusing of a faultDoth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

Yiddish Proverb
If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.

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