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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 in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. – Jonathan Swift

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Jonathan Swift
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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. – Jonathan Swift

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All news is an exaggeration of life. – Daniel Schorr

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

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

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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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