Pretension - Maxioms.comQuotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxiomshttp://maxioms.comen-usCopyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.<![CDATA[To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them gratified. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48176<![CDATA[True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can any feigned thing ...]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48177<![CDATA[The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48178<![CDATA[Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48179<![CDATA[Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48180<![CDATA[Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed; nature never pretends. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48181<![CDATA[The only good in pretending is the fun we get out of fooling ourselves that we fool somebody. ]]>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48175