Life is the art of being well deceived. ✨ William Hazlitt (1817). The …

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Life is the art of being well deceived. ✨ William Hazlitt (1817). The Round Table: A Collection of Essays on Literature, Men and Manners, p.36
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Life is the art of being well deceived. ✨ William Hazlitt (1817). The Round Table: A Collection of Essays on Literature, Men and Manners, p.36

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