Excused Quotes
54 quotes by 51 authors
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If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is…
— Theodor Adorno
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The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for…
— Moliere
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It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.
— Ben Jonson
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We should scarcely be excused in concluding this essay without calling the reader's attention to the beneficent and wise laws established by the author of…
— John Dalton
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Yes sir. You can be more careless, you can put more trash in [a novel] and be excused for it. In a short story that's…
— William Faulkner
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Twenty-five years ago people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much, about climate change. Today we have no excuse. No more can…
— Desmond Tutu
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The Nuremberg Trial of the German war criminals was tacitly based on the recognition of the principle: criminal actions cannot be excused if committed on…
— Albert Einstein
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If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character
— Taryn Manning
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The writer cannot expect to be excused from the task of reeducation and regeneration that must be done. In fact, he should march right in…
— Chinua Achebe
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An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
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I did not see any major issues other than the jury substitutions. I can't know whether there's a problem there, until I read the transcript…
— Catherine Crier
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Gratitude is a duty none can be excused from, because it is always at our own disposal.
— Pierre Charron
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Pickett excused himself, watchful of Longstreet. Pickett was always saying something to irritate somebody, and he rarely knew why, so his method was simply to…
— Michael Shaara
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It's my custom to say something flattering to begin with so I shall be excused if I put my foot in it later on.
— Prince Philip
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No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent
— Nelson Mandela
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In my opinion, nothing has contributed so much to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist…
— George Orwell
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Love begets wisdom, thus it is, as often misconceived, more than vain layers of tenderness; it is inherently rational and comprehensive of the problem within…
— Criss Jami
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A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his…
— Fulton J. Sheen
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We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
— Saint Francis de Sales
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A comic writer should of all others be the least excused for deviating from nature, since it may not be always so easy for a…
— Henry Fielding
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