American - Writer | 1927 - 2002
Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.
Mason Cooley
ChildrenWaySameGetUse
Hatred observes with more care than love does.
LoveCareMoreHatredThanDoes
Most people regard getting their way as a matter of simple justice.
JusticeSimplePeopleWayMatter
Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen.
YourselfYouOthersTalkListen
Affection reproaches, but does not denounce.
AffectionDoesDenounce
Hatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise.
MotherSurpriseHatredStill
Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.
HumorBackLittleRescueUsMove
Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.
LoveTimeYoungOldDifference
An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie.
GodLieReasonBeingOnlyNo Reason
Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.
ForgottenMostRuinedReputations
Philosophy likes to keen common sense on the run.
Common SensePhilosophyRunSense
To understand a literary style, consider what it omits.
StyleUnderstandConsiderLiterary
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