Quote by Lord Byron
Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do no

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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We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive. – Lord Byron

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Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms. – Lord Byron

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Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray. – Lord Byron

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Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things. – Russell Baker

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Any excuse will serve a tyrant. – Aesop

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Justifying a fault doubles it. – French Proverb

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The trouble with always leaving yourself a way out is that you always take it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment. – Carl Sandburg

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Its a reality that in this business theres an expectation of being thin. But having a baby is a reality too, and its more important for me to make milk than to fit into those tiny pants. So thats just going to have to wait. – Emily Procter

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Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. – George Orwell

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