It is terrible to die of thirst in the ocean. Do you have to salt your truth so heavily that it does not even-quench thirst any more?
Anything more than the truth would have seemed too weak.
Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste.
You can't throw too much style into a miracle.
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily... is wasteful and ridiculous excess
Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration.
If you need to fudge the facts a little bit to make your narrative work, there is nothing anyone can do to stop you.
