Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

EXAGGERATION

Exaggeration is the inseparable companion of greatness. ……Voltaire

An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper. …….Kahlil Gibran

There are people so addicted to exaggeration
they can't tell the truth without lying. ……..Josh Billings

Man is inclined to Exaggerate almost everything;
- except his own mistakes. …….Author Unknown

We Exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike.
We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. ……..Honore de Balzac

Exaggeration misleads the credulous and offends the perceptive. ……..Eliza Cook

Love is a gross Exaggeration of the difference
between one person and everybody else. ……George Bernard Shaw
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