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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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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails. – Eric Hoffer

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To know a persons religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. – Eric Hoffer

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It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate. – Eric Hoffer

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Man is inclined to exaggerate almost everything — except his own mistakes. – Author Unknown

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There is no one who does not exaggerate! – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Some folks never exaggerate — they just remember big. – Author Unknown

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