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An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.

Walter Bagehot
Exaggeration Is, Interesting, Vices
Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot (1858). “The National Review”, p.463
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.