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Quote by Walter Bagehot
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great v

An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft. – Walter Bagehot

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Man is inclined to exaggerate almost everything — except his own mistakes. – Author Unknown

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To exaggerate is to weaken. – Jean François de La Harpe, Melanie, 1770

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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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Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable. – Hosea Ballou

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