Quote by William Hazlitt
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other peoples weaknesses. – William Hazlitt

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There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us. – William Hazlitt

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Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust hatred alone is immortal. – William Hazlitt

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There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. – William Hazlitt

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Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way. – David Frost

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By the work one knows the workman. – Jean de La Fontaine

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Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected. – Charles Baudelaire

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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal. – Igor Stravinsky

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My dad doesnt like religion much, but I grew up very close to the Baptist tradition. God isnt this distant thing. God is right here with you all the time. Hes your buddy, and you can talk about everything. – Lucy Alibar

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