Affectation Quotes
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
