‘I know I did wrong and I’m very sorry. Please forgive me.’
Please forgive me? Isn’t that a terrible thing to say? The wronged person will forgive you anyway if you’re worth it, and won’t if you’re not. All you have to do is accept the consequences of whatever you did wrong if the fates so decree. Asking for forgiveness is craven, cowering and pointless.
It seems to me that the only time you should beg forgiveness is in the most extreme of circumstances, such as when the king has just sentenced you to be hanged, drawn and quartered and you don’t much fancy the idea. (And I doubt there would be much chance of it working even then.)
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