We always weaken everything we exaggerate.

We always weaken everything we exaggerate.

I never exaggerate. I just remember big.

I never exaggerate. I just remember big.

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.

Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.

Eloquence is logic on fire.

Eloquence is logic on fire.

Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we read more

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.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think read more

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