Mason Cooley Quotes - Page 6

• Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation.

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  Literature, Innocence, Charming

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• Human nature is a scoundrel's favorite explanation.

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  Humanity, Human Nature, Scoundrels

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• Magic lives in curves, not angles.

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  Curves, Magic, Illusion

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• Jealousy fuses megalomania and self-abandonment.

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  Jealousy, Self, Abandonment

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• Never trust the judgment of an enthusiastic man; never trust the promises of a lazy one.

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  Trust, Men, Lazy

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• By the time I have clarified a thought, I no longer want to think it.

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  Thinking, Thoughtful, Want

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• Eagerness to please attracts bullies and bores.

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  Bullying, Boredom, Please

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• The Insignificance of Man is a congenial theme; my own insignificance is a sore point.

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  Life, Men, Theme

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• Sacred or not, sacrifice is an ugly business.

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  Sacrifice, Ugly, Sacred

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• The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

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  Laughter, Literature, Sometimes

  "City Aphorisms: Sixth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1989.

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• We often disguise our reflexes as deliberate actions.

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  Action, Reflexes, Disguise

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• Eccentricity: strength of character doubling back on itself.

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  Strength, Character, Strength Of Character

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• Flattery has to overcome my mistrust, and it does.

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  Overcoming, Doe, Flattery

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• The Puritan sours his pleasures by disguising them as duties.

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  Puritan, Pleasure, Duty

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• There is a line between a definite maybe and an indefinite yes.

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  Lines, Affirmation, Yeah

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• Vanity well fed is benevolent. Vanity hungry is spiteful.

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  Vanity, Spiteful, Hungry

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• Stupidity is a fact of life, but unmentionable. The new Prudery.

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  Stupidity, Facts, Facts Of Life

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• Swindlers are notoriously gullible.

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  Gullible, Swindlers, Gullibility

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• Truth can remain silent. Lies must be spoken.

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  Truth, Lying, Silent

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• Secrets die when kept or revealed. They live by being faintly and uncertainly repeated.

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  Secret, Live By, Dies

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• Regret leads to overeating and naps.

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  Regret, Naps, Overeating

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• Failures are easier to repeat than successes.

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  Success, Failure, Easier

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• Worry is not thought; complaining is not action.

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  Worry, Complaining, Action

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• The best hand always believes in playing by the rules.

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  Believe, Hands, Always Believe

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• Reason argues the case, but fact may determine the judgment.

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  May, Facts, Arguing

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