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Alone, I am drunk on my thoughts in company, I am sober again.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Sober
Drunk
Solitude
Thoughts
Alone
Company

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