“A stiff apology is a second insult.”

—  G. K. Chesterton

"The Real Dr. Johnson," http://books.google.com/books?id=2mpaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22A+stiff+apology+is+a+second+insult%22&pg=PA121#v=onpage The Common Man (1950)

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G. K. Chesterton229
English mystery novelist and Christian apologist 1874–1936

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