We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falseh

We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. – Honore de Balzac

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By speaking, by thinking, we undertake to clarify things, and that forces us to exacerbate them, dislocate them, schematize them. Every concept is in itself an exaggeration. – Jose Ortega y Gasset

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An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper. – Khalil Gibran

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