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
real secret
The real secrets are not the ones I tell.
literature reputation forgotten
Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.
literature trouble fulfillment
Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.
ordinary hints kind
Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy.
dialect literature academic
An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another.
literature tone moral
The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker.
regret believe past
The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past.
seductive melancholy ecstasy
Melancholy is as seductive as Ecstasy.
style literary-style
To understand a literary style, consider what it omits.
worry silence literature
In love, we worry more about the meaning of silences than the meaning of words.
sincerity willingness
Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.
book reading past
Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.
literature body finance
Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.
mother hatred surprise
Hatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise.