Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.
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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."
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While there's life, there's fear.
Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.
Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.
Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.
Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.
Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind.
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I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance.
Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.
In every death, a busy world comes to an end.
Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.
Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.
A sense of blessedness comes from a change of heart, not from more blessings.
Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.
Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?
Art seduces, but does not exploit.
People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art.
If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.
Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology.
Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.
Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.
Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.
The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.