Charles Dickens  - Quotes

 All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else 

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John Steinbeck  - Quotes

 Don't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry. Don't let me catch you doing it! Now -- look close at me so you will remember. Whatever you do, it will be you who do. 

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F. Scott Fitzgerald  - Quotes

 He had seen me several times, and had intended to call on me long before, but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it. 

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George Washington  - Quotes

 It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. 

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Benjamin Franklin  - Quotes

 He that is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else. 

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Jody Gehrman  - Quotes

 Sure, okay, I'll pick up some cat litter. Anything else? 

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