Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. – Jonathan Swift Category: Exaggeration
All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate. – Nicolas Chamfort Category: Exaggeration
Exaggeration is the inseparable companion of greatness. – Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) Category: Exaggeration
The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought. – William Ellery Channing Category: best
Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman it depends on how much happiness you can handle. – George Burns Category: good