Excuse Quotes - Page 4
Pliny (the Younger.), Betty Radice (1969). “Letters and Panegyricus [of] Pliny”, Heinemann ; Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
C. S. Lewis (1984). “The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis”, p.63, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Jonathan Swift (1850). “The works of Jonathan Swift: containing interesting and valuable papers, not hitherto published ; with a memoir of the author”, p.837
Think not the bigotry of another is any excuse for your own.
John Wesley, John Emory (1835). “The Works of the Late Reverend John Wesley, A.M.: From the Latest London Edition with the Last Corrections of the Author, Comprehending Also Numerous Translations, Notes, and an Original Preface, Etc”, p.346
Judith Martin (1982). “Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior”, Scribner
And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.330
Song: Money 2 Blow
Richard Baxter (1830). “The practical works of ... Richard Baxter, with a life of the author and a critical examination of his writings by W. Orme”, p.315
We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness.
Margaret Fuller, Arthur Buckminster Fuller (1874). “Memoirs, [ed.] by R.W. Emerson, W.H. Channing, and J.F. Clarke”, p.149