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Excuses are little Knock-out Drops that a man uses to Dumbfounder and Bedazzle his own conscience on special occasions.

An Excuse never Excuses an Excuse.

People never try to Excuse things that they themselves believe to be right. When you do your Best you are conscious of a Contentment that the very act itself produces. If there is any chance for an Excuse, the thing excuses itself.

An Excuse never Excuses an Excuse.

Your Brain may be unschooled — but the Brain is there. Elihu Burritt probably never was inside a college, but he became famous as the “Learned Blacksmith.’’ He found time in his shop to learn forty languages! He offered no Excuses for an untrained mind. The word Excuse is not in the dictionary of the Willing and the Determined.

An Excuse never Excuses an Excuse.

Did you ever use an Excuse as a prop that it did not fall down? Excuses hamper. Excuses form Stumbling Blocks over which you are sure to fall unless you kick them aside and forget them. Excuses are Unnatural. They wear false faces. They never look to you as they really are. And an excuse never answers anything. The next time you feel Uke making an Excuse — don’t! For —

An Excuse never Excuses an Excuse.