He who excuses himself accuses himself. РGabriel Meurier, Tr̩sor des sentences

Apology is only egotism wrong side out. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

To offer the complexities of life as an excuse for not addressing oneself to the simpler, more manageable (trivial) aspects of daily existence is a perversity often indulged in by artists, husbands, intellectuals — and critics of the Womens Movement. – Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

Several excuses are always less convincing than one. – Aldous Huxley, Point Counter Point