American - Writer | 1927 - 2002
Self-reform is the only kind that works.
Mason Cooley
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My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.
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When sages commend excess, Desire is sick.
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The only peace is being out of earshot.
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At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.
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A great reader seldom recognizes his solitude.
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Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.
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The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.
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Middle age went by while I was mourning for my lost youth.
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The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.
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People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art.
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Innocence: I am only stepping on your face because it lies in my path.
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