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Quote by William Hazlitt
The art of pleasing consists in being pleased. - William Hazlitt

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased. – William Hazlitt

Other quotes by William Hazlitt

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. – William Hazlitt

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Wisdom
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William Hazlitt
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There is nothing more likely to drive a man mad, than the being unable to get rid of the idea of the distinction between right and wrong, and an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable. – William Hazlitt

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Integrity
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History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created. – William Morris

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Ive always said that an art critic can put aside politics around art. – Jerry Saltz

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Art

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. – Edith Wharton

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Art

Life is very nice, but it lacks form. Its the aim of art to give it some. – Jean Anouilh

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