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
self trying veils
Self-conscious? Try a wig, a corset, a veil, a beard. Or cultivate shamelessness.
sacrifice self demand
Self-sacrifice usually contains an unspoken demand for payment.
self reform kind
Self-reform is the only kind that works.
art self hypocrisy
Self-deception is nature; hypocrisy is art.
self needs charming
The self-righteous feel no need to be charming, and thus double their offensiveness.
self gone possibility
The self-righteous rule out the possibility that they are what has gone wrong.
self self-love support
Not even self-love can always be counted on for support.
baby self resentment
Babies and the old are permitted self-absorption. In between, it provokes resentment.
congratulations self egotism
Self-congratulation pleases only the speaker.
self people pity
Self-pity makes people callous.
sympathy self self-pity
Self-pity dries up our sympathy for others.
self form absorption
Conscience is the moralized form of self-absorption.
self guilt self-pity
Guilt stirs me, but only to self-pity.
self trying pity
If I could do my life over, I would try to cleanse at least my pleasures of self-pity.