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Do as you like--if you know what it is.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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The mind demands rules the facts demand exceptions.
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I win on my merits my opponents win by cheating.
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Unlike other vices, cruelty, alas, is never boring.
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Aphorisms may equivocate, but they must not wobble.
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In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.
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I can neither return your love nor dismiss it.
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Rereading, we find a new book.
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Position yourself well enough, and circumstances will do the rest.
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The body has a mind of its own.
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Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.
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Dignity takes alarm at the unexpected sound of laughter.
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Many pains are imaginary, but all joys are real.
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Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.
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Conformity makes everything easier, if you can still breathe.
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Either offer me something I really like, or stop trying to tempt me.
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The horizon is more than a convention of landscape painting, less than truth.
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I like what I do for a living. I also like NOT doing it--perhaps even more.
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After rejection - misery, then thoughts of revenge, and finally, oh well, another try elsewhere.
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No one can remember himself as an unpleasant child.
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