you know what happen when you hurt another?
2 scenarios:
1. you know you hurt the other.
2. you dont know you had hurt the other.

you know what the other person would have like?
2 scenarios:
1. an apology
2. to forgive and forget and move on, without an apology. taking into consideration you were dense.

you know if what the other would have like if one wants an apology?
2 scenarios:
1. a verbal apology.
2. to do something reconciliatory

and in any case. words are cheap. using words too much devalues them.

P. G. Wodehouse

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.