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Who makes excuses, he blames himself

Jerome of Stridonsky

Phraseologism: Whoever makes excuses blames himself.

Meaning: Do not pay attention to the accusations if you are sure that you are right.

Origin: It is considered a French folk saying, but the original source of this expression is the words of the medieval theologian Jerome (331 - 420): Qui se excusat, se accusat - Whoever justifies himself, he accuses himself. The expression is based on a well-known feature of human psychology to be suspicious of a person who seriously, thoroughly justifies himself, analyzing the "accusation" point by point, commenting on them, etc., etc. This makes others think that there really is some real reason. An innocent person, as is commonly believed, will not pay attention to unfounded suspicions and accusations - he will ridicule them, dismiss them as empty, absurd inventions, etc.

Random phraseology:

Horses are not changed at the crossing.

Meaning:

On the inappropriateness of replacing the executor, leader.

Origin:

From English: Never swap horses crossing a stream. Anglo-American proverb. It entered the socio-political vocabulary of the United States and other countries after it was heard in a speech delivered in 1864 by the 16th President of the United States (1861-1865) Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) on the occasion of his candidacy for a second presidential term . In a slightly different formulation, this idea was repeated in 1916 by one of the Kadet leaders in the State Duma, Vasily Maklakov (1870-1957). Then, under the influence of defeats at the front, in many factions of the State Duma, the question of the removal of Tsar Nicholas II, the Supreme Commander of the Russian army, was debated. On this occasion, V. A. Maklakov said that although the steering wheel of the Russian state "car" is in the hands of a madman, this driver should not be changed at full speed.

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