Quote

Wealth makes the laws that poverty must obey.

Mason Cooley

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Makes
Must
Obey
Laws
Poverty
Wealth
Law

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
Rage against the world, if you like, but quietly, or the Guardians will awake.
Mason Cooley
Image
The young have stolen our youthfulness, and flaunt it without shame.
Mason Cooley
Image
Sign at the orgy: BODIES ONLY.
Mason Cooley
Image
Men and women would be even more unhappy if they really understood one another.
Mason Cooley
Image
People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.
Mason Cooley
Image
Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard.
Mason Cooley
Image
My self-absorption warms me yours boils me.
Mason Cooley
Image
Idleness makes people feeble and peevish. Work makes them stalwart and prone to anger.
Mason Cooley
Image
Shameless: Punish me for my desire if you will. It burns still.
Mason Cooley
Image
The body has a mind of its own.
Mason Cooley
Image
All anger feels like righteous anger sorrow does not care whether it is righteous or not.
Mason Cooley
Image
Habit keeps my life going, with occasional pushes from desire.
Mason Cooley
Image
The aphorism wants to be at the same time both main line and off beat.
Mason Cooley
Image
Innocence: I am only stepping on your face because it lies in my path.
Mason Cooley
Image
After sixty, the self-questioning of middle age is obsolete.
Mason Cooley
Image
Opportunity often goes begging. Luck, never.
Mason Cooley
Image
Truth-telling frightens me. Lying confuses me.
Mason Cooley
Image
The dignified catastrophes of tragedy bear little resemblance to the slow ruin inflicted by life.
Mason Cooley
Image
At the end of every diet, the path curves back to the trough.
Mason Cooley
Image
Modern thought does not offer consolations, but upsets.
Mason Cooley