Exaggeration Quotes

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But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face.… — Oscar Wilde
Watching a make-out while wrapped in a blanket with a guy she wanted to make out with made her feel exposed. Obvious. Transparent. Like her… — Lisi Harrison
Imagination magnifies small objects with fantastic exaggeration until they fill our soul, and with bold insolence cuts down great things to its own size, as… — Blaise Pascal
It is no exaggeration to say that every human being is hypnotized to some extent either by ideas he has uncritically accepted from others or… — Maxwell Maltz
The upshot of her tirade was that I was the devil's spawn and should be locked up in a tower before I unleashed hordes of… — Kelley Armstrong
We can say without exaggeration that the present national ambition of the United States is unemployment. People live for quitting time, for weekends, for vacations,… — Wendell Berry
Will raised both eyebrows. 'Well, you learn a new thing everyday,' he said reflectively. 'In your case, that's no exaggeration,' Halt said, completely straight-faced. — John Flanagan
If cynicism and love lie at opposite ends of a spectrum, do we not sometimes fall in love in order to escape the debilitating cynicism… — Alain de Botton
I really think I shall commence chapter forty-four," he said, patting his hands together. "I shall commence, I think, with a slight exaggeration and go… — Shirley Jackson
To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one's powers than the other. — Arthur Conan Doyle
It's not an exaggeration to say that they saved my life. Ray Quinn, then Cam and Ethan and Phil. They turned their world around for… — Nora Roberts
It's my uniform. Everyone in my company wears it." "It's hideous." Rose felt her hackles rise. The neon green uniform was hideous, but she didn't… — Ilona Andrews
Unhappiness. There are all kinds of unhappy people in the world. I suppose it would be no exaggeration to say that the world is composed… — Osamu Dazai
If we meet and I say, "Hi," That's a salutation. If you ask me how I feel, That's a consideration. If we stop and talk… — Shel Silverstein
Today it is considered as exaggeration to proclaim constant respect for every form of life as being the serious demand of a rational ethic. But… — Albert Schweitzer
A work of art is an exaggeration. — Andre Gide
Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else. — George Bernard Shaw
In my mind, he was guilty of no error - he was chargeable with no exaggeration - he was betrayed by his fancy into no… — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
Humor is the truth; wit is an exaggeration of the truth. — Stan Laurel
Exaggeration can lend action scenes more force, but I like to stick to more realistic figures: They help keep the cool in the action scenes,… — Masashi Kishimoto

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