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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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The humblest painter is a true scholar and the best of scholars the scholar of nature. – William Hazlitt

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Comedy naturally wears itself out — destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies and weaknesses of mankind to ridicule, in the end leaves itself nothing worth laughing at. – William Hazlitt

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Art hath an enemy called ignorance. – Ben Jonson

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It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection. – Oscar Wilde

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Art is the objectification of feeling. – Herman Melville

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The moment you think you understand a great work of art, its dead for you. – Oscar Wilde

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