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| Pretension Quotes | No. | Quotation | Last Name | First Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself. | Ballou | Hosea |
| 2 | The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff. | Bierce | Ambrose |
| 3 | True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can any feigned thing be lasting. | Cicero | Marcus |
| 4 | Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part. | Hazlitt | William |
| 5 | To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them gratified. | James | William |
| 6 | Beware of men who flourish with heriditary honors. | Latin Proverb | |
| 7 | Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed; nature never pretends. | Lavater | Johann Kaspar |
| 8 | We had better appear what we are, than affect to appear what we are not. | Rochefoucauld | Francois |
| 9 | The only good in pretending is the fun we get out of fooling ourselves that we fool somebody. | Tarkington | Booth |
| 9 quotations on Pretension |

