#affectation

Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

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

— Robert Blair

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I have no affectation when I speak. ↗

— Lisa Kudrow

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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

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