"An English wit has well said that affectation displeases us because it has not too much, but too little, art."
— Affectation

January 1, 1970

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The "English wit" Meynell refers to has not been identified. The sentence as she reports it may be her paraphrase or may have been uttered in conversation by someone in her literary circle.