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Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is

Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise. – Eric Hoffer

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It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living. – Eric Hoffer

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It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words. – Eric Hoffer

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

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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. – Proverb

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

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Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style — but a particular kind of style. It is love of the exaggerated. – Susan Sontag

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