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Curiosity engenders both science and scandal.
Mason Cooley
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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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In every death, a busy world comes to an end.
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After rejection - misery, then thoughts of revenge, and finally, oh well, another try elsewhere.
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Satire is born of the cities it denounces.
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Romantics consider common sense vulgar.
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Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm.
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Bored by safety, the lover grows jealous and exacting.
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Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc.
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What's the good of being stoical if nobody notices?
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Prudence does not make people happy it merely deprives them of the excitement of being constantly in trouble.
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Those who refuse to play second fiddle may wind up playing no fiddle at all.
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In ethics, prudence is not an important virtue, but in the world it is almost everything.
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If I could do my life over, I would try to cleanse at least my pleasures of self-pity.
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Eccentricity: strength of character doubling back on itself.
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Death is hacking away at my address book and party lists.
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Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.
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Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape.
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The limits of prudence: one cannot jump out of a burning building gradually.
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Bravery despite defeat is praiseworthy. Victory despite cowardice is beyond praise.
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