Mason Cooley Quotes - Page 2

• Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer.

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  Thinking, Justice, Asking

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• The critical spirit never knows when to stop meddling.

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  Critical Spirit, Meddling, Knows

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• Nobody likes to offer stupidity as an excuse.

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  Stupidity, Likes, Excuse

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• The lion cares less about being king of the beasts than about finding his dinner.

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  Kings, Power, Lions

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• Those who refuse to play second fiddle may wind up playing no fiddle at all.

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  Wind, Play, Arrogance

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• Nothing is more cheerful than talking about our friends' shortcomings.

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  Funny Relationship, Talking, Cheerful

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• Analysis is more likely to adjust evidence than to adjust itself.

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  Analysis, Evidence

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• In describing someone's character, I reveal my own.

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  Character, Describing, My Own

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• Pessimists fear becoming the dupes of Hope. Optimists enjoy Hope's company, and consider being duped no great matter.

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  Hope, Fear, Optimism

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• A blocked path also offers guidance.

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  Path, Guidance, Blocked

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• Envy grieves. Jealousy rages.

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  Jealousy, Grieving, Envy

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• Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.

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  Phrases, Poor, Persons

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• The power of the past does not depend on our knowledge of it.

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  Past, Doe, Depends

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• Moderation in all things is best, but it's pretty hard to get excited about it.

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  Excited, Moderation, All Things

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• Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.

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  Faith, Moving, Hiking

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• Self-conscious? Try a wig, a corset, a veil, a beard. Or cultivate shamelessness.

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  Self, Trying, Wigs

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• Every farewell combines loss and new freedom.

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  Farewell, Loss

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• The powerless worship Luck and Fate.

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  Fate, Luck, Worship

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• The meaning of today will not be clear until tomorrow.

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  Today, Tomorrow, Significance

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• Free competition exists inside shelters of law, custom, insurance, political approval, and carefully protected status.

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  Law, Political, Competition

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• We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled.

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  Literature, Baffled, Insult

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• Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day.

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  Blessing, Meals, Three

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• When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.

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  Success, Sleep, Sound Doctrine

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• If you corner me, you are going to hear some unwelcome truths.

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  Truth, Corners, Ifs

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• Good books do not make people wiser or happier--only more conscious.

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  Book, People, Conscious

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