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
loneliness views housekeeping
Loneliness is more likely to lead to fussy housekeeping than to grand views of the Universe.
loneliness boredom sometimes
Sometimes I dread loneliness more than bores. Other times, the reverse.
self solitude isolation
Self-absorption intensifies isolation, but permits it to go unnoticed.
nonsense charm
The nonsense that charms is close to sense.
dark daylight lovers
Lovers remain in the dark, working hard to keep out daylight.
change ducks risk
Proverbial wisdom counsels against risk and change. But sitting ducks fare worst of all.
firsts sin slips
Original sin reassures us that our slip was not the first.
cities taste fastidious
A fastidious taste is best indoors, away from nature and the city.
witty father embarrassed
My father liked to moralize, and so do I. But he was in earnest, while I am embarrassed and pretend that I am merely being witty.
guilt wicked thrill
Cheap thrill: moral outrage revels in its own innocence and in the guilt of the wicked Others.
loss paradise sentimental
No need to be sentimental to mourn the loss of Paradise.
garden snakes paradise
Paradise endangered: garden snakes and mice are appearing in the shadowy corners of Dutch Old Master paintings.
feelings dogma sentiments
Under attack, sentiments harden into dogma.
feelings literature sentiments
Outside literature, high-flown sentiments are merely exasperating.