"Affectation is certain deformity; by forming themselves on……" — Robert Blair
"Affectation is certain deformity; by forming themselves on fantastic models, the young begin with being ridiculous, and often end in being vicious."
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9 Quotes by Robert Blair
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Its visits, like those of angels, short, and far between.
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Action, so to speak, is the genius of nature.
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How blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver in comparison with those of guilt.
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Throughout the whole vegetable, sensible, and rational world, whatever makes progress towards maturity, as soon as it has passed that…
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Of joys departed, not to return, how painful the remembrance.
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When it draws near to witching time of night.
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Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.
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The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled, Shakes off her wonted firmness.
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More Affectation Quotes
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one of 54 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with…
— Jean Baudrillard
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One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts…
— Josh Billings
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Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.
— Lord Chesterfield
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Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.
— Maya Angelou
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I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker.…
— Francesca Annis
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The thing is plain. All that men really understand, is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs…
— William Hazlitt
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Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy, affectation part of the chosen trappings of folly; the one completes a villain,…
— Samuel Johnson
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Learned conversation is either the affectation of the ignorant or the profession of the mentally unemployed.
— Oscar Wilde
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Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.
— Jacques Barzun
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Colombe Josse is the older Jesse daughter. Colombe Jesse is also a sort of tall blonde leek who dresses like…
— Muriel Barbery
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When a new writer defends his "style," the teacher smiles (or cringes) because real style isn't an artifice. Real style…
— Bill Roorbach
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Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, but it is not necessarily admirable, nor is affectation…
— Charles Horton Cooley
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