The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.
Quote by William Hazlitt
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The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.
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William Hazlitt Quotes
- Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
- Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.
- Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
- A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.
- The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.
- Grace in women has more effect than beauty.
- The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.
- The incentive to ambition is the love of power.
- Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust hatred alone is immortal.
- To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.
Best Quotes
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- The fact is that I find more most men are more open, more generous, and much more stimulating than the majority of females I know.
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- Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.
- Faith is spiritualized imagination.
- For the longest time, you just sound like a broken record, but you have to be consistent when teaching kids.
- I have nothing but sympathy for the people who are forced to work with me. I'm better now at picking out those that want to play that game with me, and those that don't.