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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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The aphorism wants to be at the same time both main line and off beat.
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Shaw writes as if it were always midday.
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Victorian sorrow: the stars are winking in the sky, but not for us.
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To win hearts, smile kindly on people's weaknesses.
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Since events are not metaphors, the literal-minded have a certain advantage in dealing with them.
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Drunks conjure an endless drama from their bottles.
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Vulgarity is innocent urbanity is not.
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As soon as I hear of a right, I want it.
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I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
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People often imagine that being hard to please confers a certain superiority.
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I am easy-going right up to the borders of my self-interest.
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I gulp down my pleasures, chew over my miseries.
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Young poets bewail the passing of love old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.
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We understand through resemblance.
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Rebuttals never alter desire.
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Clouds of flavors and savors float around the thing-in-itself.
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Looking backward at what has been lost, I feel sad, then indifferent, and at last relieved.
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Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle.
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Romantics consider common sense vulgar.
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When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.
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