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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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As a comforter, philosophy cannot compete with a good dinner.
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In love, we worry more about the meaning of silences than the meaning of words.
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Lies and promises are necessary but not sufficient.
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Boredom makes me sleepy or restless.
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In love as in art, good technique helps.
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Rage against the world, if you like, but quietly, or the Guardians will awake.
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In every death, a busy world comes to an end.
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After sixty, the self-questioning of middle age is obsolete.
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Most people regard getting their way as a matter of simple justice.
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The pointless ferocities of intellectual life shock businessmen, who kill only to eat.
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The truth usually has a slightly ugly look.
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Our public monuments are memorials to the Enlightenment.
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Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer.
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Ladies and gentlemen are supposed to be looked after by others, like children and pets.
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Lonely people console themselves with self-absorption or curiosity.
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Modern thought does not offer consolations, but upsets.
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Beauty and virtue: the most kissable ass in the world is no guarantee of good intentions.
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Never lie in writing.
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The price of telling your troubles is having to listen to advice.
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Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises.
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