"Nine times out of ten it is the coarse word that condemns an evil, and the refined word that excuses it."
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"I don't think that good politics ever excuse a bad song."
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"Comparatively, we can excuse any offense against the heart, but not against the imagination. The imagination knows--nothing escapes its glance from out its eyry--and it controls the breast."
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"Pray excuse me. I cannot take it."
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"As a global society, we do not have to agree, endorse or condone the lifestyle choices of others. However, history has taught us that we equally cannot and should not excuse those who would hide behind religion or misuse God's word to justify bigotry and persecution."
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"You think death is any better an excuse for desertion than any other?"
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"There are reasons, and then there are excuses."
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"The research. It is always the best part of writing. And, of course, it is the great excuse to travel."
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"No love or pity, pardon or excuse should soften the sharp pang of reparation for the guilty man."
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