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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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Necessity makes heroes of us all.
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Repetition comforts me for a time, then closes in.
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The noble style immobilizes its subjects.
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The passion for money is never fickle.
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Suffering teaches us only that we suffer. Joy shows us which way to go.
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Pity drowns in numbers.
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Maxims are sharp-edged half-truths.
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When love and adventure are finished, it's nice to have getting and spending to fall back on.
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Old age learns about less after a lifetime of more.
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Bad faith makes the most of every ambiguity.
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The prison is the state writ small.
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What is Providence for you may be Nemesis for me.
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Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm.
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Don Juan tries not to see the skeptical winks that greet his boasting.
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Sometimes Yes is rhetoric enough.
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Creativity is not a substitute for competence.
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A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.
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The Enlightenment needs more shadow the Romantic Movement less.
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To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.
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If I could do my life over, I would try to cleanse at least my pleasures of self-pity.
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