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In some families, please is described as the magic word.  In our house, however, it was sorry. --Margaret Laurence

An apology is a good way to have the last word. --Author Unknown

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. --G.K. Chesterton

An apology is the superglue of life.  It can repair just about anything. --Lynn Johnston

Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured.  Apology is only egotism wrong side out. --Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Professor at the Breakfast-Table

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, The Man Upstairs

Never ruin an apology with an excuse. --Kimberly Johnson

True remorse is never just a regret over consequence; it is a regret over motive. --Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

It's easier to apologize than ask for permission. --Author Unknown

Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused. --King Charles I

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. --Red Auerbach

The only good thing about punctuality is that it usually gets you an apology. --Author Unknown

Apology is a lovely perfume; it can transform the clumsiest moment into a gracious gift. --Margaret Lee Runbeck