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
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Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting.
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Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories.
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The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.
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Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out.
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Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts.
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Old and young disbelieve one another's truths.
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Never try to leap from a standstill.
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My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.
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Malice is always authentic and sincere.
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Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation.
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Listening to people keeps them entertained.
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Kafka: cries of helplessness in twenty powerful volumes.
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First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory.
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Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss.