William Hazlitt Quote

Indeed some degree of affectation is as necessary to the mind as dress is to the body; we must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all.


"On Cant and Hypocrisy" (London Weekly Review, 1828-12-06). - Men and Manners: Sketches and Essays (1852)


Indeed some degree of affectation is as necessary to the mind as dress is to the body; we must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce...

Indeed some degree of affectation is as necessary to the mind as dress is to the body; we must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce...

Indeed some degree of affectation is as necessary to the mind as dress is to the body; we must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce...

Indeed some degree of affectation is as necessary to the mind as dress is to the body; we must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce...