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The aphorist is a hit and run artist.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Every perversion has survived many tests of its capabilities.
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Victorian sorrow: the stars are winking in the sky, but not for us.
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A sense of absurdity interferes with my efforts to appear venerable.
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Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.
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Radical historians now the tell the story of Thanksgiving from the point of view of the turkey.
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Jargon: any technical language we do not understand.
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Fears and lies intensify consciousness.
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What I eat turns into my body. What I read turns into my mind.
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Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.
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To avoid tripping on the chain of the past, you have to pick it up and wind it about you.
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Writing is a refuge from unhappiness, but has its own sorrows.
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As soon as I hear of a right, I want it.
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Prudence suspects that happiness is a bait set by risk.
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A modest demeanor arouses thoughts of seduction.
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Most people regard getting their way as a matter of simple justice.
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Lovers do all the talking and writing. What are the Beloveds thinking?
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Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.
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Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables.
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Dreams are distorted representations of desire. So are dream- analyses.
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God makes the covenant, and observes it as He pleases.
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