Quotes of Overstate - somelinesforyou

“ There is no one who does not exaggerate! ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ 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

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

- Confucius

“ We always weaken whatever we exaggerate. ”

- Jean Francois De La Harpe

“ There are people who exaggerate so much that they can't tell the truth without lying. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass. ”

- Franz Grillparzer

“ When I go to the grocery store or when I walk into a convenience (store), when I go get gas, I have to think about it now wherever I go. ”

- Mike Harding

“ When things get too heavy, just call me helium, the lightest known gas to man. ”

- Jimi Hendrix

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

- Richard Crashaw

“ 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

“ Half of them are suicides or accidents, Martha. Don't exaggerate. ”

- Clint Eastwood

“ 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

“ Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen. ”

- Aeschylus

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

- Matthew

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

- Mathew Henry

“ Weak minds exaggerate too much the wrong done to the Africans. ”

- Charles De Secondat

“ 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

“ Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. ”

- Sitting Bull

“ An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity. ”

- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

“ It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence. ”

- Eric Hoffer

“ To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery. ”

- John Churton Collins

“ I never exaggerate. I just remember big. ”

- Chi Chi Rodriguez

“ The really tough thing about humility is you can't brag about it. ”

- Gene Brown

“ Never exaggerate your faults, your friends will attend to that. ”

- Robert C. Edwards

“ Never exaggerate your faults, your friends will attend to that. ”

- Bob Edwards

“ Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them. ”

- Andrew V. Mason

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

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much? ”

- Samuel Beckett
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