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
weakness leisure
Leisure unmasks our weaknesses.
strength teacher weakness
Weakness is a better teacher than strength. Weakness must learn to understand the obstacles that strength brushes aside.
weakness plans shortcomings
I deplore my shortcomings, but plan to keep them.
power weakness helplessness
Helplessness is a mighty power.
strong weakness feels
Many have never felt strong, but everyone knows what it is to feel weak.
strength weakness charitable
My strengths make me contemptuous. My weaknesses make me charitable.
mistake weakness originality
We often mistake the original part of ourselves for a weakness.
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.