We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.
Exaggeration
Quotations by Honore De Balzac
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. Honore De Balzac
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