Quotes about apologies

Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.

— King Charles I

Never make a defense or apology before you are accused.

— Charles I

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 K. Chesterton

Well, excuuuuuse me!!!!

— Steve Martin

An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.

— Baroness Orczy