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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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Necessity makes heroes of us all.
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The greater the privilege, the more hidden the arrogance. The Emperor of China need not exist.
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Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.
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Acknowledge your limitations or they will tyrannize over you.
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The ninety percent of human experience that does not fit into established narrative patterns falls into oblivion.
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Something is sticking out its tongue at me from the corner of my mirror.
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Duty is whatever opposes inclination.
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Eccentricity: strength of character doubling back on itself.
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When you can't figure out what to do, it's time for a nap.
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Like love, destruction can be ecstatic.
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Young men preen. Old men scheme.
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In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.
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My self-absorption warms me yours boils me.
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You gave me a significant look, but significant of what?
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The magic of procedure: do this after that and thus before so then your wish will be granted.
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Alone, I am drunk on my thoughts in company, I am sober again.
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Some live in a state of passionate indecision.
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Imprudence gets us into more trouble than actual misdeeds do.
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In the game of love, the losers are more celebrated than the winners.
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