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There is one excuse for every mistake a man can make, but only one. When a fellow makes the same mistake twice he's got to throw up both hands and own up to carelessness or cussedness.

George Horace Lorimer
Mistake, Men, Hands
George Horace Lorimer (2016). “Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son”, p.23, Lulu.com
There is one excuse for every mistake a man can make, but only one. When a fellow makes the same mistake twice he's got to throw up both hands and own up to carelessness or cussedness.