Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous fun

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable. – Walt Disney

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Exaggeration is the inseparable companion of greatness. – Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)

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Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught. – Author Unknown

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Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style — but a particular kind of style. It is love of the exaggerated. – Susan Sontag

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