Exaggerated

Famous quotes containing the word exaggerated:

    A man of genius is not a man who sees more than other men do. On the contrary, it is very often found that he is absentminded and observes much less than other people.... Why is it that the public have such an exaggerated respect for him—after he is dead? The reason is that the man of genius understands the importance of the few things he sees.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    His spiritual life has been exaggerated by a chronic attack of mental gallstones.
    Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878–1957)

    Crude men who feel themselves insulted tend to assess the degree of insult as high as possible, and talk about the offense in greatly exaggerated language, only so they can revel to their heart’s content in the aroused feelings of hatred and revenge.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)