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Exaggeration misleads the credulous and offends the perceptive. -

Exaggeration misleads the credulous and offends the perceptive. – Eliza Cook

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To a small man every greater is an exaggeration. – Henry David Thoreau

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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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It is human to exaggerate the merits of the dead. – Mark Twain

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All news is an exaggeration of life. – Daniel Schorr

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