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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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The vices of youth now exceed my powers, but not my fancy.
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The wretchedness of failure is the great attraction of success.
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Babies and the old are permitted self-absorption. In between, it provokes resentment.
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Self-reform is the only kind that works.
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As I criss-cross the city hurrying, I feel always the unchanging cold beneath the pavement.
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Sometimes Yes is rhetoric enough.
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A well-paid occupation is seldom spoken of as rewarding.
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I tried self-sacrifice a couple of times in my youth.
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All anger feels like righteous anger sorrow does not care whether it is righteous or not.
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I create my social existence by earning and spending.
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Lonely people keep up a ceaseless flow of commentary on themselves.
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I am often attracted to people with whom I could not hold a five minute conversation.
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Beauty compels us reason merely cajoles.
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Seeing my malevolent face in the mirror, my benevolent soul shrinks back.
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The past goes right on pulling me apart, though I can scarcely remember the people or the issues.
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Growth provides novel experiences for youth decay the same, alas, for age.
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Bored by safety, the lover grows jealous and exacting.
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My regimen is lust and avarice for exercise, gluttony and sloth for relaxation.
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Awakening in the morning returns us to life, and to awareness of death.
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