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- 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
- 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
- Nothing is so tiresome to one's self, as well as so odious to others, as disguise and affectation. — Benjamin Franklin
- Whatever it is that makes a person charming, it needs to remain a mystery .. once the charmer is aware of a… — Rex Harrison