Mason Cooley
Mason Cooley
Mason Cooleywas an American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms. One of these such aphorisms Cooley developed was "The time I kill is killing me."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
people dull rascals
Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?
faults virtue tied
We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.
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Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.
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Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it.
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The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.
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The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.
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The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.
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Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out.
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Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera.
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Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.
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Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts.
art believe people
People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art.
literature young
Old and young disbelieve one another's truths.
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Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.