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Quote by Nicolas Chamfort
All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they d

All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate. – Nicolas Chamfort

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The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society. – Nicolas Chamfort

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Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich. – Nicolas Chamfort

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Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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

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False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis. – William Alger

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Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way. – Eileen Caddy

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