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Affectation Quotes by Jacques Barzun
- Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.
- Look for all fancy wordings and get rid of themAvoid all terms and expressions, old or new, that embody affectation.
- Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.
More Affectation Quotes
- Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors. — Jean Baudrillard
- I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my… — Francesca Annis
- The thing is plain. All that men really understand, is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs and experience;… — William Hazlitt
- One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs. — Josh Billings
- Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding. — Lord Chesterfield
- Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops. — Maya Angelou
- When a new writer defends his "style," the teacher smiles (or cringes) because real style isn't an artifice. Real style - voice… — Bill Roorbach
- Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, but it is not necessarily admirable, nor is affectation altogether a… — Charles Horton Cooley