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
happiness lost complainers
Complainers rule out happiness, mentioning it only as something lost.
art totems lost
Now defined as art, the totem has lost cult, taboo, and custom.
birthday lost-youth mourning
Middle age went by while I was mourning for my lost youth.
loss lasts lost
Looking backward at what has been lost, I feel sad, then indifferent, and at last relieved.
wisdom affair lost
Wisdom has lost repute because it so often applies to a state of affairs that no longer exists.
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.
modern paint depiction
Modern pictures banish depiction for interfering with the workings of paint.
freedom lateness late
Always late: thus I make you the prisoner of my freedom.
complaining pastime complaints
Complaining is the favorite pastime of millions.