Pretention Quotes
Quotes tagged as "pretention"
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“I might appear confident and chatty, but I spend most of my time laughing at jokes I don't find funny, saying things I don't really mean - because at the end of the day that's what we're all trying to do: fit in, one way or another, desperately trying to pretend we're all the same.”
― Forbidden
― Forbidden

“You've always lived a life of pretense, not a real life-- a simulated existence, not a genuine existence. Everything about you, everything you are, has always been pretense, never genuine, never real.”
― Woodcutters
― Woodcutters

“By you, I was properly humbled. I came to you without a doubt of my reception. You shewed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice

“When you know the inside stories, no matter how good looks the cover, you just cannot appreciate it...”
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“It’s so hard to be sincere without sounding pretentious,â€� she said. ‘I mean, what are you supposed to do if you really happen to feel like you’ve swallowed the universe? Not say so?”
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“...pretention is very close to stupidity and that simplicity has a less visible but still gratifying aspect.”
― Time Regained
― Time Regained

“... [T]he letters of the alphabet (two Cs, a large D; the combination of Y, S, and L) belong on an ophthalmologist's chart. For the Parisienne, luxury should never be spelled out.”
― How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits
― How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits
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