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Profusion gives pleasure up to a point then we become squeamish.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Profusion
Excess
Gives
Pleasure
Point
Become
Giving
Squeamish

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