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affectation
«The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim»
Author: Henry Fielding
(Novelist, Playwright)
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affectation, affectations, coquette, coquettes, governed, whim
«Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, but it is not necessarily admirable, nor is affectation altogether a thing of evil. To be normal, to be at home in the world, with a prospect of power, usefulness, or success, the person must have that imaginative insight into other minds that underlies tact and savoir-faire, morality and beneficence. This insight involves sophistication, some understanding and sharing of the clandestine impulses of human nature. A simplicity that is merely the lack of this insight indicates a sort of defect.»
Author: Charles Horton Cooley
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admirable, affectation, beneficence, clandestine, defect, home in, indicates, prospect, savoir-faire, underlies, usefulness
«Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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affectation, affectations, incline, sophistry, universities, wits
«One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.»
Author: Josh Billings
(Humorist)
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Pride
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affectation, airs, cures, seasickness, vomit, vomited, vomiting, vomit up
«The 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.»
Author: Lord Byron
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affectation, bass, basses, bass voice, bellow, bellows, spoilt, Tenors, tenor voice, tuneless
«The man of affectation may, perhaps, be reclaimed, by finding how little he is likely to gain by perpetual constraint and incessant vigilance, and how much more securely he might make his way to esteem, by cultivating real, than by displaying counter»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
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affectation, constraint, constraints, displaying, reclaim, reclaimed, reclaiming, reclaims, securely