# Quote — Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit

> 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?

- Author: [Charles Dickens](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens.md)
- Book: [Martin Chuzzlewit](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens/martin-chuzzlewit.md)
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