“Only peons made excusses for themselves she taught me. Never apologize, never explain.”
Source: White Oleander
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Janet Fitch86
American writer 1955Related quotes
“Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.”
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“Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.”
Lois Wyse (1926–2007) American advertising executive
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Part 1, Chapter 13; sometimes paraphrased: "Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth."
Books, Coningsby (1844), Contarini Fleming (1832)
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Source: Hannibal Rising
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Source: Embrace the Night
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The Man Upstairs (1914)
Source: The Man Upstairs and Other Stories