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Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Reputations
Ruined
Reputation
Forgotten
Literature

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As a dream comes true, it falls flat.
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The body has a mind of its own.
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Publish in haste and repent at leisure.
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A moratorium on opportunities, please. I need to recover from the last one.
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A quiet well-behaved boy is likely to be both frightened and ambitious.
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A neurotic can neither enjoy his illusions nor give them up.
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Saying I feel guilty is a mere form of words. Saying I feel ashamed is not.
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