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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Writing
Never
Lying

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In the game of love, the losers are more celebrated than the winners.
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Holding unconventional opinions makes people feel they have strong characters.
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Faith no doubt moves mountains, but not necessarily to where we want them.
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The unknowable creates the greatest controversies.
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To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.
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Rule of religion: purpose breathes even in dirt and stones.
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Even cats grow lonely and anxious.
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Intelligence is predatory, but full of fastidiousness and frights.
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Like other high subjects, the Law gives no ground to common sense.
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Eagerness to please attracts bullies and bores.
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Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.
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When money disappears, we soon understand the power of absence.
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Wisdom knows when to return death's embrace.
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With age, the mind grows slower and more wily.
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As I criss-cross the city hurrying, I feel always the unchanging cold beneath the pavement.
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I am often attracted to people with whom I could not hold a five minute conversation.
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A fastidious taste is best indoors, away from nature and the city.
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My ambition in life: to become successful enough to resume my career as a neurasthenic.
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