The Mind of Alan

That is to say, I do not succeed in keeping the Law of Nature very well, and the moment anyone tells me I am not keeping it, there starts up in my mind a string of excuses as long as your arm...If we do not believe in decent behaviour, why should we be so anxious to make exuses for not having behaved decently?...For you notice that it is only for our bad behaviour that we find all these explanations. It is only for our bad temper we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves.