An idea from The Book of the Courtier

Faking carelessness is affectation too. A man who lets his cloak drop mid-dance to show he is not thinking about it is thinking about it harder than anyone. Overdoing carelessness spoils grace the same way overdoing care does.

From The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione

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