#affectation

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs. ↗

— Josh Billings

#airs #best #cures #man #never

Affectation is certain deformity; by forming themselves on fantastic models, the young begin with being ridiculous, and often end in being vicious. ↗

— Robert Blair

#begin #being #certain #deformity #end

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#characteristic #governed #whim

Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#any #dress #flaw #implies #mind

I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#belong #convict #education #forever #got

I have no affectation when I speak. ↗

— Lisa Kudrow

#i #speak

Dignity is an affectation, cute but eccentric, like learning French or collecting scarves. ↗

— Dave Eggers

#dignity #dignity

Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#courage #cowardice #feelings #love #measure

I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#character #everyone #i #learn #only

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation. ↗

— John Ruskin

#cannot #commonplace #concealment #however #may