
“Apologize, v. To lay the foundation for a future offense.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book I, Chapter V, Sec. 7
Context: Lay a second foundation enough inside the first... Having laid these two foundations... build cross walls between them uniting the outer and inner foundation in a comb like arrangement set like teeth of a saw. With this form of construction the burden of earth will be distributed into small bodies and will not lie with all its weight in one crushing mass so as to thrust out substructures.
“Apologize, v. To lay the foundation for a future offense.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Seventh Son (1987), Chapter 5.
Christmas 1793 speech http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n22/hugh-roberts/who-said-gaddafi-had-to-go
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.”
Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”