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Flatter me, but delicately, please, for I am fastidious.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Flattery
Please
Delicately
Fastidious
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