Quote by Benjamin Franklin
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse. – Benjamin Franklin

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Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. – Benjamin Franklin

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We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. – Rudyard Kipling

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It is good rule in life to never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. – P. G. [Sir Pelham Grenville] Wodehouse

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An excuse is worse than a lie, for an excuse is a lie, guarded. – Alexander Pope

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Justifying a fault doubles it. – French Proverb

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