Pretension

True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can anything feigned be lasting.

— Pretension

Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions. Intellect, will, taste, and passion co-operate just as they do in practical affairs; and lucky it is if the passion be not something as petty as a love of personal conquest over the philosopher across the way.

— Pretension

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

— Pretension

Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed: nature never pretends.

— Pretension

The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.

— Pretension