Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. – Jonathan Swift Category: Exaggeration
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft. – Walter Bagehot Category: Exaggeration
All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate. – Nicolas Chamfort Category: Exaggeration
Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring. – Honore de Balzac Category: Coffee (or Tea)
