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Moralists love to discourse on the hollowness of success about the hollowness of failure they are silent.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Moralist
Discourse
Silent
Failure
Success
Love
Moralists
Hollowness

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