Top 500 Mason Cooley Quotes (2025 Update)
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301. “Altruism is for those who cannot endure their desires.”

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302. “Reading more than life teaches us to recognize ethos and pathos.”

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

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304. “Silence kills scandal.”

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305. “Tolerance is a placid contempt.”

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

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307. “Yearning wants mostly to perpetuate itself.”

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308. “Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism.”

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309. “Helplessness is a mighty power.”

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310. “Dirty old men, ignoring society, continue to follow nature.”

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311. “An imprudent enemy is less dangerous than an imprudent friend.”

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

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

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314. “Only death rescues us from dying.”

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

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316. “Drunks conjure an endless drama from their bottles.”

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

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

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

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

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

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322. “Sexual attraction pairs people, but does not match them.”

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

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

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325. “Antagonistic cooperation is the principle of all markets and many marriages.”

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326. “Simplicity is a strict taskmaster.”

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327. “The greater the privilege, the more hidden the arrogance. The Emperor of China need not exist.”

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328. “Self-satisfaction and self-pity are both condemned. What are people permitted to feel about themselves?”

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

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330. “After rejection – misery, then thoughts of revenge, and finally, oh well, another try elsewhere.”

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331. “Sometimes the only way to become grounded is to hit bottom.”

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332. “Jealousy is inconsolable because it cannot know the beloved.”

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

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334. “Charity does not like arithmetic; selfishness worships it.”

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335. “A sense of righteousness is even more dangerous than a violent temper.”

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336. “Acknowledge your limitations or they will tyrannize over you.”

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337. “Mathematics: silent harmonies. Music: sounding numbers.”

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338. “History takes place between the Fall and the Apocalypse, with a narrow escape route called Salvation.”

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339. “I am the center of the world, but the control panel seems to be somewhere else.”

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340. “The worship of Mammon may be vulgar or immoral, but it persists while other religions falter and disappear.”

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341. “The Ancient Mariner seizes the guest at the wedding feast and will not let go until he has told all his story: the prototype of the bore.”

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

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343. “Wit: a whim followed by a wham.”

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344. “Disobedient parents are a great trouble to their children.”

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345. “Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.”

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346. “Shameless: Punish me for my desire if you will. It burns still.”

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347. “Many attempt to harvest what was never planted.”

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348. “Death promises nothing – not even oblivion.”

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349. “The Olympian gods cannot have grand passions because they cannot die.”

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350. “With decrepitude, longevity has overshot the mark.”

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