Those Who Are Good at Making Excuses Are Seldom Good at Anything Else

Benjamin Franklin? Theodore Edward Hook? Maria Edgeworth? Arthur Wellesley? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: The statesman Benjamin Franklin is often credited with the following aphorism. Here are two versions: A person good at making excuses is seldom good for anything else. A man who is good at making excuses is good for nothing else. I have …

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