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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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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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I dont have anything to say about other peoples art and their work. – Dolly Parton

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