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
merit rich feels
The rich feel full of merit.
strong weakness feels
Many have never felt strong, but everyone knows what it is to feel weak.
parent adults feels
When you feel protective toward your parents, you have become an adult.
done feels expected
Once I find the right maxim to apply, I feel that I have done all that can be expected of me.
disappointment remember feels
I feel disappointed, but I don't remember just what I expected.
fool made feels
Anyone who feels like a fool has made a good beginning.
expectations uncanny feels
When my expectations are exactly fulfilled, I feel that something uncanny has happened.
succeed failing feels
Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful.
I see what you mean, but I do not think what you think.
nice literature hobbies
Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting.
im-sorry sorry mistrust
Mistrust makes life difficult. Trust makes it risky.
art avant-garde care
Avant-garde art jousts with propriety, but takes care never to unseat it.
stories literature insult
Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories.
beginning-middle-and-end abandoned ends
The beginning, middle, and end are parodied, reversed, and hidden by modernism, but not abandoned.