What is exaggeration to one class of minds and perceptions, is plain truth to another.

That which is commonly called a long-sight, perceives in a prospect innumerable features and bearings non-existent to a short-sighted person.

I sometimes ask myself whether there may occasionally be a difference of this kind between some writers and some readers; whether it is ALWAYS the writer who colours highly, or whether it is now and then the reader whose eye for colour is a little dull?