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Leisure unmasks our weaknesses.
Mason Cooley
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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Self-pity makes people callous.
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Now that I see you understand me so well, I will avoid you.
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When I try to portray to myself my heart's desire, nothing happens.
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When appearance and reality coincide, philosophy and literary criticism find themselves with nothing to say.
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