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Few things are worth doing perfectly.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Perfection
Worth
Things
Perfectly

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Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.
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The noble style immobilizes its subjects.
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Once discover comfort, and there is no turning back.
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My aspiration now is to get by luck what I could not get by merit.
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