"And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
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“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”
“I wasn't saying whatever they're saying I was saying. I'm sorry I said it really. I never meant it to be a lousy anti-religious thing. I apologize if that will make you happy. I still don't know quite what I've done. I've tried to tell you what I did do but if you want me to apologize, if that will make you happy, then OK, I'm sorry.”
“I asked Tom if countries always apologized when they had done wrong, and he says - "Yes; the little ones does".”
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“Misfortunes one can endure--they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults--ah!--there is the sting of life.”
“Some would find fault with the morning, if they ever got up early enough.. The fault find faults even in Paradise.”
“And oftentimes excusing of a fault Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse, As patches set upon a little breach, Discredit more in hiding of the fault Than did the fault before it was so patch'd.”