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

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

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Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning. – Tryon Edwards

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