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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

Other quotes by William Hazlitt

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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Comedy
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William Hazlitt
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No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. – William Hazlitt

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History
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William Hazlitt
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The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor. – Paul Getty

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Art

All art is quite useless. – Oscar Wilde

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Art

You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut. – Carly Fiorina

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Art

What you often see in a lesser work of art is a subject captured perfectly and never set free. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Art

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Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage. – William Shakespeare

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My dad was in the army so we moved around a lot and I changed schools every year and had to make new friends, and I found that if I was the funny guy I could do that easier. – Jason Gann

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There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor. – H. L. Mencken

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Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that its enough – Robert Heller

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