Mason Cooley Quotes
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251. “Reading more than life teaches us to recognize ethos and pathos.”

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252. “Saying “I feel guilty” is a mere form of words. Saying “I feel ashamed” is not.”

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253. “Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind.”

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254. “Rereading, we find a new book.”

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255. “Beauty and virtue: the most kissable ass in the world is no guarantee of good intentions.”

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256. “Generosity knows how to count, but refrains.”

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257. “Altruism is for those who cannot endure their desires.”

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258. “Power makes gods. Virtue makes martyrs.”

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259. “The children of childish parents age quickly.”

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260. “The same old thing – even if it’s champagne – is still the same old thing.”

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261. “Being cultured is the least expensive form of respectability.”

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262. “Everyone fears and courts his own demon.”

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263. “My regimen is lust and avarice for exercise, gluttony and sloth for relaxation.”

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264. “At the dinner table, if you can’t think of anything to say, sit quietly. Don’t throw rolls, or chew on your napkin.”

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265. “The gods are watching, but idly, yawning.”

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266. “Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.”

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267. “Addicts turn their pleasures into vengeful Gods.”

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268. “We understand through resemblance.”

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269. “Many gloat over their own troubles.”

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270. “Too timid to talk back, I shot my adversary.”

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271. “An aphorism that does not score is just one more sentence.”

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272. “The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.”

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273. “Helplessness is a mighty power.”

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274. “Glamour looks eloquent but seldom talks.”

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275. “Loneliness is more likely to lead to fussy housekeeping than to grand views of the Universe.”

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276. “The body has a mind of its own.”

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277. “Winning means outlasting everyone else.”

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278. “Deconstruction glorifies the critic, humiliates the author, and makes the reader wonder why he bothered.”

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279. “The magic of procedure: do this after that and thus before so; then your wish will be granted.”

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280. “Good parties create a temporary youthfulness.”

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281. “In middle age, going naked contributes little to public enjoyment.”

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282. “Understanding replaces imaginary fears with real ones.”

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283. “Only death rescues us from dying.”

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284. “Simplicity is a strict taskmaster.”

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285. “Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.”

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286. “Silence kills scandal.”

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287. “Modernism: the books are as hard to understand as life itself.”

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288. “Only the strong and the hopeful are able to revolt.”

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289. “Ideologies can survive hostility, but not indifference.”

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290. “Like love, destruction can be ecstatic.”

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291. “Women encourage men to be childish, then scold them.”

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292. “A frog in love would not be enchanted to learn that her beloved had turned into Prince Charming.”

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293. “Yearning wants mostly to perpetuate itself.”

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294. “Beware of wallflowers. They expect to have everything done for them.”

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295. “I trust you because I need you.”

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296. “After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means.”

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297. “In an aphorism, aptness counts for more than truth.”

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298. “We worship the aesthetic, but we do not have faith in it.”

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299. “Prudence suspects that happiness is a bait set by risk.”

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300. “Literature gives us a memory of lives we did not lead.”

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