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Quotations about Apologies
"I'm sure I'm very sorry," was all Alice could say... ~Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, 1871
In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry. ~Margaret Laurence, "A Bird in the House," 1964
He understood (what so many faultlessly polite people do not understand) that a stiff apology is a second insult. He understood that the injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt. ~G. K. Chesterton (1874—1936), "The Real Dr. Johnson"
Sometimes the only successful apology will have to involve baking. ~Dr. SunWolf, @WordWhispers, tweet, 2017, professorsunwolf.com
For every person who atones, a hundred others find regret sufficient. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Thor apologize — which as we all know, solve everything with no consequence. ~Ghosts, "Traveling Agent," 2024, written by Skander Halim and Emily Schmidt
True remorse is never just a regret over consequence; it is a regret over motive. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1963
Let love's apologies wait not 'til death's doorway. ~Terri Guillemets
A relationship becomes easier when you realize that you don't have to be the one at fault to be the one who's sorry. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Never apologize for showing feeling, my friend. Remember that when you do so, you apologize for truth. ~Benjamin Disraeli, 1832
Apologizing. — A very desperate habit, — one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out. Nine times out of ten, the first thing a man's companion knows of his shortcoming is from his apology. It is mighty presumptuous on your part to suppose your small failures of so much consequence that you must make a talk about them. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1859
It was certainly wrong to take French leave through the bay window — it was disrespectful in the first place, and as I am very sorry — no — I'm not sorry a bit!... I'm very sorry I can't feel sorry, and — and — good-night, Sir. ~Frederick William Robinson, Under the Spell, 1870 ["Sorry, not sorry!"
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, 1958
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