Quote

With age, the mind grows slower and more wily.

Mason Cooley

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Wily
Slower
Aging
Grows
Age
Mind

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
My father was a patriarch inside a matriarchy, but never knew it.
Mason Cooley
Image
Maxims are sharp-edged half-truths.
Mason Cooley
Image
A quiet well-behaved boy is likely to be both frightened and ambitious.
Mason Cooley
Image
All history and art are against us, but we still expect happiness in love.
Mason Cooley
Image
Reading more than life teaches us to recognize ethos and pathos.
Mason Cooley
Image
Symbolism erects a facade of respectability to hide the indecency of dreams.
Mason Cooley
Image
Leisure unmasks our weaknesses.
Mason Cooley
Image
Literary criticism now is all pranks and polemics.
Mason Cooley
Image
I enjoy my rights, but I revel in my privileges.
Mason Cooley
Image
All anger feels like righteous anger sorrow does not care whether it is righteous or not.
Mason Cooley
Image
Like love, grief fades in and out.
Mason Cooley
Image
Life is the risk we cannot refuse.
Mason Cooley
Image
Our public monuments are memorials to the Enlightenment.
Mason Cooley
Image
When lying to someone, look him straight in the eye.
Mason Cooley
Image
The rich feel full of merit.
Mason Cooley
Image
My secrets are petty but humiliating.
Mason Cooley
Image
Some crave grief like strong drink.
Mason Cooley
Image
In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles.
Mason Cooley
Image
Scepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other.
Mason Cooley
Image
The transcendental promises a vacation from history.
Mason Cooley