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
want impulse
Often, when I want to consult my impulses, I cannot find them.
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Observe decorum, and it will open a path to morality.
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Never try to leap from a standstill.
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My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.
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My mind is led astray by every faint rustle.
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Moo may represent an idea, but only the cow knows.
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Minds will wander even during the Last Judgment.
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Middle age went by while I was mourning for my lost youth.
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Malice is always authentic and sincere.
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Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation.
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Listening to people keeps them entertained.
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Kafka: cries of helplessness in twenty powerful volumes.
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First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory.
literature
Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss.