The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
William Hazlitt
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More quotes by William Hazlitt
- To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.
- Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust hatred alone is immortal.
- Rules and models destroy genius and art.
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- Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.