Quotes of Exaggerate - somelinesforyou

“ There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size. ”

- Eric Hoffer

“ They lard their lean books with the fat of others' works. ”

- Henry Burton

“ It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church. ”

- Matthew

“ And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. ”

- Bible

“ Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called walking. ”

- George W. Bush

“ Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it. ”

- Lao tzu

“ The worst use that can be made of success is to boast of it. ”

- Arthur Helps

“ Why should man boast of his strength; is not the horse stronger than he? ”

- Confucius

“ If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it; at any rate, brag. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ The winner persistently programs his pluses; the loser mournfully magnifies his minuses. ”

- William A. Ward

“ It would hardly be possible to exaggerate man's wretchedness if it were not so easy to overestimate his sensibility. ”

- George Santayana

“ An unattempted woman cannot boast of her chastity. ”

- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

“ Boast not of what thou would'st have done, but do. ”

- John Milton

“ Texans ain't Texans if they aren't willing to boast about the state they call home. ”

- Unknown

“ Silence about a thing just magnifies it. ”

- Tennessee Williams

“ We overstate the ills of life, and take Imagination. down our earth to rake. ”

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“ All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They're obliged to overstate their own importance. ”

- Francois Truffaut

“ Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station. ”

- Orlando Bloom

“ To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities. ”

- Johann von Goethe

“ A day without prayer is a boast against God. ”

- Owen Carr

“ Two went to pray? Better to say one went to brag, the other to pray. ”

- Richard Crashaw

“ Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself. ”

- Hosea Ballou

“ Whatever accomplishment you boast of in the world, there is someone better than you. ”

- African proverb

“ Th' embroider'd suit at least he deem'd his prey; That suit an unpaid tailor snatched away. ”

- Alexander Pope

“ It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself. ”

- Oliver Cromwell

“ It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. ”

- Sitting Bull

“ One is apt to overestimate beauty when it is rare. ”

- Mark Twain

“ The screen magnifies everything, even the way you are thinking. ”

- Bela Lugosi

“ It's about bluster and personality,... Daily Show. ”

- Stephen Colbert

“ To govern mankind, one must not overrate them. ”

- Lord Chesterfield
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