Good workmanship depends no more on the quality of the tools than it does on
the way in which they are used, so to blame the tools for the bad workmanship
is to attempt to excuse one’s own lack of skill. For example: ‘I lost the
watch because my racket needed re-stringing.’ ‘my essay wasn’t very good
because I had to use someone else’s pen.’ ‘How did you expect me to me to
catch fish with this rod?’ To all these the response could be: ‘A bad workman
always blames his tools.”

##### See also:

* A bad shearer never had a good sickle