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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Austerity causes constipation excess, diarrhea.
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With age, I have become both more pious and more shameless.
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The critic roams through culture, looking for prey.
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Saying I feel guilty is a mere form of words. Saying I feel ashamed is not.
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The banker rubs his nose, thinking of his cat stalking something on the lawn.
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My ambition in life: to become successful enough to resume my career as a neurasthenic.
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Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.
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Between repetition and forgetting, it is a marvel that a new thought ever struggles into existence.
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To avoid eye contact, kiss.
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For many, immaturity is an ideal, not a defect.
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Anybody can lead a frivolous life. A frivolous writer, however, must have taste and intelligence.
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The doctrine of the immortality of the soul has more threat than comfort.
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Imagination awakens ambition, then causes it to lose its way.
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All history and art are against us, but we still expect happiness in love.
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Rule of religion: purpose breathes even in dirt and stones.
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Asceticism and celibacy can conceal many incapacities.
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A restaurant with candles and flowers evokes more reveries than the Isle of Bali does.
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In middle age, going naked contributes little to public enjoyment.
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Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen.
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Often, when I want to consult my impulses, I cannot find them.
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