Don't make excuses, make good.
American proverb The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation
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A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
Alexander Pope The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation
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