Quote by Mark Twain
It is human to exaggerate the merits of the dead. - Mark Twain

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

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Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. – Mark Twain

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Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones. – Ernest Hemingway

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

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

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