"There is no better test of a man's ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong... A stiff apology is a second insult."
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"Let every fart count as a peal of thunder for liberty. Let every fart remind the nation of how much it has let pass out of its control. It is a small gesture, but one that can be very effective - especially in a large crowd. So fart, and if you must, fart often. But always fart without apology. Fart for freedom, fart for liberty - and fart proudly."
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"The first thing the intellect does with an object is to class it along with something else. But any object that is infinitely important to us and awakens our devotion feels to us also as if it must be sui generis and unique. Probably a crab would be filled with a sense of personal outrage if it could hear us class it without ado or apology as a crustacean, and thus dispose of it. 'I am no such thing,' it would say; 'I am MYSELF, MYSELF alone."
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"The greatest form of maturity is at harvest time. This is when we must learn how to reap without complaint if the amounts are small and how to reap without apology if the amounts are big."
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"When you do your best you learn to accept yourself"
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"I think one of the dullest things in the world is a letter filled with apologies for not writing sooner."
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"Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out."
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"Never apologize, mister, it’s a sign of weakness."
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"Procrastination is a lazy man's apology."
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"It was all so very businesslike that one watched it fascinated. It was pork-making by machinery, pork-making by applied mathematics. And yet somehow the most matter-of-fact person could not help thinking of the hogs; they were so innocent, they came so very trustingly; and they were so very human in their protests - and so perfectly within their rights! They had done nothing to deserve it; and it was adding insult to injury, as the thing was done here, swinging them up in this cold-blooded, impersonal way, without pretence at apology, without the homage of a tear."
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"A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation."
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"Since I am convinced that I wrong no one, I am not likely to wrong myself."
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"I'd love to be a diva. But I'd then have to send so many apology notes for my abhorrent behaviour."
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"The best way to have the last word is to apologize."
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"If anyone's reading this waiting for some type of full-on, flat apology for anything, they should just stop reading right now."
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"The minute a phrase, becomes current, it becomes an apology for not thinking accurately to the end of the sentence."
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"Apology is only egotism wrong side out."
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"I teach one thing and one only: that is, suffering and the end of suffering."
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"There's only one critic whose opinion I really value, in the final analysis: Johnny Carson. I have never needed any entourage standing around bolstering my ego. I'm secure. I know exactly who and what I am. I don't need to be told. I make no apologies for being the way I am."
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"Sacrifice is at the heart of repentance. Without deeds, your apology is worthless."
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