William Hazlitt Quote

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.


The Round Table: A Collection of Essays on Literature, Men and Manners (ed. 1817)


Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.