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
advice may want
Of course I want to be good, but that may not be to your advantage.
advice trying paradox
To make advice agreeable, try paradox or rhyme.
austerity causes excess
Austerity causes constipation; excess, diarrhea.
eye doe excess
The eye deals with excess more easily than the stomach does.
giving excess pleasure
Profusion gives pleasure up to a point; then we become squeamish.
talking doe needs
Your need to talk does not create in me a need to listen.
world judgment conversation
In conversation, everyone sits in confident judgment on the world.
metaphor convince
Metaphors convince at once or not at all.
impossible nostalgia
My nostalgia is for the impossible.
smile past faces
Nostalgia paints a smile on the stony face of the past.
representation
Every representation, even of an orgy, is a sublimation.
art dresses
In art, a dress is never just a dress; nor in life either.
jealousy stills
I am no longer in love, but I still have my jealousy.
jealousy grieving envy
Envy grieves. Jealousy rages.