"Fashion--a word which knaves and fools may use,……" — Charles Churchill

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• Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of… — Hannah Arendt
• A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would… — Mikhail Bakunin
• Excuse the mess but we live here. — Roseanne Barr
• Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. — Henry Ward Beecher
• The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself. — Henry Ward Beecher
• Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. — Ambrose Bierce
• Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. — Ambrose Bierce
• Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals. — William Blake
• Any excuse will serve a tyrant. — Aesop
• The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the… — Michael Bloomberg
• I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse… — Alain de Botton
• The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to… — George W. Bush

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