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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Death is just around the corner. If only it would stay there.
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My parents wanted me to solace them for sorrows they denied having had.
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Withhold admiration from a narcissist and be disliked. Give it and be treated with indifference.
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Life is always rich, thought only occasionally so.
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If we knew enough, fortune would turn out to be nature.
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At the end of every diet, the path curves back to the trough.
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Our civilization is shifting from science and technology to rhetoric and litigation.
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Being cultured is the least expensive form of respectability.
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I know God exits, but I don't know where.
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When you can't figure out what to do, it's time for a nap.
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Frivolous sorrow is folly. Frivolous enjoyment is not.
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Comedy is hostile to profundity, and brings everything to the surface.
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The Enlightenment needs more shadow the Romantic Movement less.
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Under attack, sentiments harden into dogma.
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Tolerance is a placid contempt.
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Boredom makes me sleepy or restless.
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I would enjoy experiencing the hollowness of success at first- hand.
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The truth usually has a slightly ugly look.
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Beggars beg to get money, not to reproach the passerby.
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An ardent lover often makes a cold friend.
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