“An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse…” Alexander Pope | Leadershipology

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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.

In today’s wordsAn excuse is worse than a lie, because an excuse is a lie that has been defended.

Alexander PopeCommonly attributed

Source: From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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