Affectation Quotes

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Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood. — William Shakespeare
If young women were not deceived into a belief that affectation pleases, they would scarcely trouble themselves to practise it so much. — Maria Edgeworth
Dignity is an affectation, cute but eccentric, like learning French or collecting scarves. — Dave Eggers
There is absolutely no such thing as reading but by a candle. We have tried the affectation of a book at noon-day in gardens, and… — Charles Lamb
But Carroll's were more convoluted, and they struck me as funny in a new way: 1) Babies are illogical. 2) Nobody is despised who can… — Steve Martin
Flannery craved a cigarette. Her nerves were so tense that only nicotine could soothe them, and for the first time, she genuinely understood how the… — Sylvia Brownrigg
People with eating disorders tend to be very diametrical thinkers â€“ everything is the end of the world, everything rides on this one thing, and… — Marya Hornbacher
Mannerism is not character, and affectation is the avowed enemy of grace. Every dancer ought to regard his laborious art as a link in the… — August Bournonville
Modesty is a learned affectation. It's no good. Humility is great, because humility says, 'There was someone before me. I'm following in somebody's footsteps.' — Maya Angelou
Affectation is certain deformity; by forming themselves on fantastic models, the young begin with being ridiculous, and often end in being vicious. — Robert Blair
I by no means rank poetry high in the scale of intelligence -this may look like affectation but it is my real opinion. It is… — Lord Byron
Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he's only trying on one face after another till he finds his own — Logan Pearsall Smith
Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox — English Proverb
When guys think a girl is cute they'll seek affectation — Destiny

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