An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
Bad excuses are worse than none.
An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame.
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.
Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.
I don't think lying has any ultimate justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have is not to lie. That's one of the challenges in a way.
And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
Several excuses are always less convincing than one.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.