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
may dignity forget
I may forget my dignity, but you may not.
god humanity forget
To postpone unpleasantness is human; to forget it is divine.
law remember forget
Forgetting and remembering are governed by laws, but we cannot find out what they are.
would-be littles forgetfulness
Without a little negligence, life would be intolerable.
remember forget
Wisdom remembers. Happiness forgets.
kind forgettable carnal-knowledge
Carnal knowledge is as forgettable as the other kinds.
struggle forget repetition
Between repetition and forgetting, it is a marvel that a new thought ever struggles into existence.
forgiving dignity forget
To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.
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.