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Unknown Author (top)
An apology is a good way to have the last word.
- Unknown Author
It's easier to apologize than ask for permission.
- Unknown Author
The only good thing about punctuality is that it usually gets you an apology.
- Unknown Author


Gilbert Keith Chesterton (top)
A stiff apology is a second insult.... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton


Oliver Wendell, Sr. Holmes (top)
Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
- Oliver Wendell, Sr. Holmes


Mignon McLaughlin (top)
True remorse is never just a regret over consequence; it is a regret over motive.
- Mignon McLaughlin


P.G. Wodehouse (top)
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
- P.G. Wodehouse