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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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When science drove the gods out of nature, they took refuge in poetry and the porticos of civic buildings.
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The etiquette of romantic love is as elaborate as that surrounding the Emperor of China.
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Diplomats lie with a heavy sense of destiny.
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Only death goes deeper than sex.
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Conscious thought is the tidying up at the end.
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In a strange city, I connect through food and fantasy.
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Guilt agonizes over trifles, ignores habitual wrongdoing.
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Complainers detest each other.
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As a dream comes true, it falls flat.
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I do not regret the folly of my youth, but the timidity.
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I have a special grudge against those who have the same faults as I do.
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My self-absorption warms me yours boils me.
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If you belong to the underclass, you are already guilty.
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I dream of vague shapes that hint of my heart's desire.
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The beloved is the ultimate fetish.
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Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.
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Wealth makes the laws that poverty must obey.
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A successful restaurant makes everything in it, including the patrons, seem a little better than they are.
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By the time I have clarified a thought, I no longer want to think it.
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Lies and promises are necessary but not sufficient.
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