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
destiny aging certain
The older we become, the more certain our future.
growing aging life-is
The imaginary audience for my life is growing small and silent.
mind age aging
With age, the mind grows slower and more wily.
fancy vices youth
The vices of youth now exceed my powers, but not my fancy.
seductive age comfort
With age, comfort becomes more seductive than beauty.
giving aging vistas
At sixty, I would like to give my future back its vistas of uncertainty.
wisdom intelligence simplify
Intelligence complicates. Wisdom simplifies.
wisdom pun riddle
I like the old wisdom--puns, riddles, spells, proverbs.
wisdom mentor age
My mentors grow old and foolish. I am afraid.
happiness wisdom memories
Wisdom is founded on memory; happiness on forgetfulness.
wisdom return embrace
Wisdom knows when to return death's embrace.
wisdom affair lost
Wisdom has lost repute because it so often applies to a state of affairs that no longer exists.
wisdom age aging
As an elder I mistrust the wisdom of age.
music clouds dancing
The harp is an insipid instrument--no good for dancing, feasting, or marching, only for sitting primly in a parlor or on a cloud.