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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Existence
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Old age learns about less after a lifetime of more.
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Paradox implies that stating a contradiction disposes of it.
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The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.
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Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time.
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Love Songs Now: Fewer broken hearts, more sexual misery.
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An insult angers me. Being ignored crushes me.
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In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles.
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Death is just around the corner. If only it would stay there.
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For many, immaturity is an ideal, not a defect.
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We often mistake the original part of ourselves for a weakness.
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Alcohol postpones anxiety, then multiplies it.
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Great talkers are trying to fill the gap between themselves and others, but only widen it.
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Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology.
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I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards.
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Show enough regret, and your refusal will inspire gratitude.
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If a problem is insoluble, it is Necessity. Leave it alone.
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Sexual attraction makes the strangest bedfellows of all.
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Lovers' quarrels are not generally about money. Divorce cases generally are.
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The extravagance of intellect outstrips the extravagance of desire.
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Sometimes the given seems like something taken away.
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