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When pretense becomes second nature.

These affectation quotes trace how put-on behavior can slowly become routine, with one line arguing that great cultural changes actually start out as affectation. Another calls out the affectation of pretending to look down on money's real value. For related honesty, see our Afflictions quotes.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Men
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Nov 07, 2020

More men are ruined by underestimating the value of money than by overestimating it. Let us, then, abandon the affectation of despising money, and frankly own its value.

Quotes by Orison Swett Marden

End
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Nov 07, 2020

Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.

Quotes by Jacques Barzun

Governed
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Nov 07, 2020

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

Quotes by Henry Fielding

Education
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Nov 07, 2020

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.

Quotes by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

One speaker also owns their unconventional background without apology, refusing any affectation about where their education really came from. Explore more candid reflections in our Military quotes.

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