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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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A frog in love would not be enchanted to learn that her beloved had turned into Prince Charming.
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My ambition in life: to become successful enough to resume my career as a neurasthenic.
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All history and art are against us, but we still expect happiness in love.
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The time I kill is killing me.
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Boredom strives to detach, but finds itself stuck.
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Conformity makes everything easier, if you can still breathe.
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I am now old enough to make common cause with my predecessors against my successors.
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An insult angers me. Being ignored crushes me.
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Symbolism erects a facade of respectability to hide the indecency of dreams.
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When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her.
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Never trust the judgment of an enthusiastic man never trust the promises of a lazy one.
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We take refuge in illness and then are trapped there.
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The novelty we want is always close to the familiar.
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Self-pity makes people callous.
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Prudence does not make people happy it merely deprives them of the excitement of being constantly in trouble.
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Jargon is part ceremonial robe, part false beard.
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Lies and promises are necessary but not sufficient.
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If I can't serve as a role model, let me serve as a warning.
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An aphorism that does not score is just one more sentence.
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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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