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"affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself." »G. C. Lichtenberg
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"Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation." »Francis Bacon
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"All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich." »Lavater
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"Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood." »William Shakespeare
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"In thy apparel avoid singularity, profuseness, and gaudiness. Be not too early in the fashion, nor too late. Decency is half way between affectation and neglect. The body is the shell of the soul, apparel is the husk of that shell; the husk often tells you what the kernel is." »Francis Quarles
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