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"Art" used ironically, or perhaps whimsically, is fairly common in English. "The art of being well deceived" appears in both Swift and Pope. Whistler wrote The
by cafard 6y ago
"Art" used ironically, or perhaps whimsically, is fairly common in English. "The art of being well deceived" appears in both Swift and Pope. Whistler wrote The Gentle Art of Making Enemies.
- cafard 6y agoCorrection: in Swift it is "The peaceful possession of being well deceived". Pope made it "art".