A favorite excuse:
In theory there is no difference
between theory and practice but in practice there is.
Jan
L.A. van de Snepscheut 1953-1994
A motto:
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss
of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill
1874-1965
Or:
Heaven is what I cannot reach!
The apple on the tree,
Provided it do hopelss hang,
That "heaven" is, to me.
Emily E Dickinson
1830-1886
Love is blind;
friendship shuts its eyes.
Friedrich
Nietzche
1844-1900