Quote by Jonathan Swift
Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to.

Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. – Jonathan Swift

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When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him. – Jonathan Swift

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

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We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. – Honore de Balzac

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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. – French Proverb

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Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable. – Hosea Ballou

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