People are fond of spouting out the old clich%uFFFD about how Van Gogh never sold a painting in his lifetime. Somehow his example serves to justify to us, decades later, that there is somehow merit in utter failure. Perhaps, but the man did commit suicide.
She was like a drowning person, flailing, reaching for anything that might save her. Her life was an urgent, desperate struggle to justify her life.
How could I be sleeping with this particular man.... Surely only true love could justify my lack of taste.
The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.
Her existence alone was excuse enough to justify the creation of the entire world.
The ends must justify the means.
Please choose the way of peace. ... In the short term there may be winners and losers in this war that we all dread. But that never can, nor never will justify the suffering, pain and loss of life your weapons will cause.
Quit being so hard on yourself. We are what we are; we love what we love. We don't need to justify it to anyone... not even to ourselves.
A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion.