A single overstatement, wherever or however it occurs, diminishes the …

E. B. White
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A single overstatement, wherever or however it occurs, diminishes the whole, and a carefree superlative has the power to destroy, for the reader, the object of the writer's enthusiasm. ✨ William Strunk Jr., E.B. White (1962). the Elements of Style
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A single overstatement, wherever or however it occurs, diminishes the whole, and a carefree superlative has the power to destroy, for the reader, the object of the writer's enthusiasm. ✨ William Strunk Jr., E.B. White (1962). the Elements of Style

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