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Healthy vanity sweeps through life. Sickly vanity lies in bed.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Sickly
Sweeps
Vanity
Bed
Lies
Healthy
Lying
Life

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