Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.
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Mason Cooley
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About Mason Cooley
Mason Cooley was an American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms. One of the aphorisms Cooley developed was "The time I kill is killing me."
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Mason CooleyEven cats grow lonely and anxious.
A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.
The only peace is being out of earshot.
Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.
Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.
To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.
The passion for money is never fickle.
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Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.
Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.
Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.
Money: power at its most liquid.
Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm.
Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.
Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.
Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.
Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.
Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.
Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.
Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.
Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.
Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.
Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.
Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.
Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.