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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Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day. – Benjamin Franklin

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Happiness consists more in conveniences of pleasure that occur everyday than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom. – Benjamin Franklin

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Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon — the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it. – Lord Byron

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

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Any excuse will serve a tyrant. – Aesop

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How strange to use “You only live once” as an excuse to throw it away. – Bill Copeland

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