Mason Cooley Quotes - Page 43

• Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?

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  People, Dull, Never Expect

  "City Aphorisms: Thirteenth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1994.

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• Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables.

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  Animal, Vegetables, Civilization

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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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  Differences, Littles, Poet

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• Scepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other.

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  Back Roads, Scepticism, Credo

  "City Aphorisms: Fourth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1987.

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• Generosity knows how to count, but refrains.

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  Generosity, Refrain, Know How

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• Unemployment diminishes people. Leisure enlarges them.

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  People, Unemployment, Leisure

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• Vacations prove that a life of pleasure is overrated.

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  Vacation, Pleasure, Prove

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• To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little.

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  Successful, Literature, Littles

  "City Aphorisms: Tenth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1992.

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• People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.

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  People, Solitude, May

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• I keep renaming my motives, but continue doing the same things.

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  Motive

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• Great talkers are trying to fill the gap between themselves and others, but only widen it.

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  Trying, Gaps, Conversation

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• To be fulfilled, a prophecy needs lots of flexibility.

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  Needs, Prophecy, Fulfilled

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• Sexual attraction pairs people, but does not match them.

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  People, Doe, Pairs

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• Carnal knowledge is as forgettable as the other kinds.

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  Kind, Forgettable, Carnal Knowledge

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• Wisdom is dead. Long live information.

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  Long, Information

  "City Aphorisms". Book by Mason Cooley, 1984.

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• Timidity keeps me safe and sad in a narrow room.

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  Safe, Rooms, Timidity

  "City Aphorisms: Eighth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1991.

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• Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.

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  Writing, Temptation, Aphorism

  "City Aphorisms: Eighth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1991.

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• People may show jealousy, but hide their envy.

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  People, Envy, May

  "City Aphorisms: Eleventh Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1993.

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• Experience is a great spoiler of pleasures.

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  Pleasure, Spoilers

  "City Aphorisms, Fourth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, New York, 1987.

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• Nonsense is socially OK, but not stupidity.

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  Stupidity, Nonsense, Not Stupid

  "City Aphorisms, Fourteenth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1994.

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• Dogs often remind us of the human, ail-too human. Cats, never.

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  Dog, Cat, Humans

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• An adolescent is both an impulsive child and a self-starting adult.

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  Children, Self, Adults

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• With every physical pain, my moral fibre unravels a little.

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  Pain, Littles, Moral

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• In the theater of confusion, knowing the location of the exits is what counts.

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  Knowing, Confusion, Location

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• Every life has a love story, even though the beloved may be imaginary, or a cat.

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  Cat, Stories, May

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