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Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley (1927–2002) was an American aphorist known for his witty, compact observations about modern urban life, relationships, and human nature. A professor of English and French at the College of Staten Island, Cooley published several collections of aphorisms that are admired for their precision and sardonic humor.

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“Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.”

— Mason Cooley

Age

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“While there's life, there's fear.”

— Mason Cooley

Fear

“Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love.”

— Mason Cooley

Relationship

“If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.”

— Mason Cooley

Art

“Young poets bewail the passing of love old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.”

— Mason Cooley

Time

“Even cats grow lonely and anxious.”

— Mason Cooley

Pet

“At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.”

— Mason Cooley

Wisdom

“Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.”

— Mason Cooley

Pet

“Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content.”

— Mason Cooley

Politics

“If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire.”

— Mason Cooley

Success

“The wisdom of age: don't stop walking.”

— Mason Cooley

Age

“I'm being treated like a sex object, cried the lady. No matter. I will take care of it, said Time soothingly.”

— Mason Cooley

Time

“Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.”

— Mason Cooley

History

“The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.”

— Mason Cooley

Alone

“Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.”

— Mason Cooley

Money

“Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.”

— Mason Cooley

Imagination

“As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance.”

— Mason Cooley

Equality

“The only peace is being out of earshot.”

— Mason Cooley

Peace

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

— Mason Cooley

Faith

“Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.”

— Mason Cooley

Fear

“Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.”

— Mason Cooley

Faith