I by no means rank poetry high in the scale of intelligence this may look like affectation but it is my real opinion it is the lava of the imagination, whose eruption prevents an earthquake
lord byronHis writings, like his actions, were faulty, violent, a little morbid even, and abnormal. He was not, and did not attempt to be, an average man. But actions and writings alike, in their strangeness and aloofness, were unadulterated by a tinge of affectation.
john donneaffectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.
horace mannaffectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.
horace mannYour virtue is your greatest affectation.
william wycherley[...] for the Doctor observed, that no man takes upon himself small blemishes without supposing that great abilities are attributed to him; and that, in short, this affectation of candour or modesty was but another kind of indirect self-praise, and had its foundation in vanity.
james boswellThey are the affectation of affectation.
Henry FieldingIndeed some degree of affectation is as necessary to the mind as dress is to the body; we must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all.
william hazlittHe is highly emotional. It is not an affectation. His emotions are very close to the surface and are there in the depth of colour he uses in his paintings.
howard hodgkinTo act with common sense, according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy, to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot, bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it, whatever it is, and despise affectation.
horace walpoleWe are made ridiculous less by our defects than by the affectation of qualities which are not ours.
john lancaster spaldingThe tenor's voice is spoilt by affectation, And for the bass, the beast can only bellow; In fact, he had no singing education , An ignorant, noteless, timeless, tuneless fellow.
lord byronHypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy; affectation, part of the chosen trappings of folly! The one completes a villain, the other only finishes a fop. Contempt is the proper punishment of affectation, and detestation the just consequence of hypocrisy.
samuel johnsonAll actions and attitudes of children are graceful , because they are the luxuriant and immediate offspring of the moment divested of affectation, and free from all pretence.
...and the best philosophy , to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot, bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it, whatever it is, and despise affectation .
affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.
horace mannaffectation is an awkward and forced Imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the Beauty that accompanies what is natural.
john lockeThere affectation, with a sickly mien,Shows in her cheek the roses of eighteen.
Alexander Popeaffectation is an awkward and forced Imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the Beauty that accompanies what is natural.
john lockeThere affectation, with a sickly mien, Shows in her cheek the roses of eighteen.
Alexander PopeTaffeta phrases, silken terms precise, Three-piled hyperboles, spruce affectation, Figures pedantical.
william shakespeare