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Mason Cooley Inspirational Quotes (844)

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Pessimists fear becoming the dupes of Hope. Optimists enjoy Hope's company, and consider being duped no great matter.
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Narcissus weeps to find that his Image does not return his love.
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Generosity knows how to count, but refrains.
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Small successes are still successes great failures are still failures.
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Politicians love change, but of details only.
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The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.
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A real idea keeps changing and appears in many places.
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Unlike the ambiguity of life, the ambiguity of language does reach a limit.
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Looking backward at what has been lost, I feel sad, then indifferent, and at last relieved.
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You gave me a significant look, but significant of what?
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Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.
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Literature gives us a memory of lives we did not lead.
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Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.
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When appearance and reality coincide, philosophy and literary criticism find themselves with nothing to say.
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For some, bottles of liquor gleam like the towers of Eldorado.
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Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.
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I am skeptical in principle, gullible in practice.
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True wit has a grave intention.
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For many, immaturity is an ideal, not a defect.
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Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.
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Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?
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Jargon: any technical language we do not understand.
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Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.
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Courage overrides self-doubt, but does not end it.
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