The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.
By Mason Cooley
The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.
By Mason Cooley
The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker.
By Mason Cooley
The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past.
By Mason Cooley
The doctrine of the immortality of the soul has more threat than comfort.
By Mason Cooley
The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.
By Mason Cooley
The aim of literary ambition is to demonstrate one's greatness of soul.
By Mason Cooley
Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen.
By Mason Cooley
Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.
By Mason Cooley
Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out.
By Mason Cooley
Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera.
By Mason Cooley
Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure.
By Mason Cooley
Self-hatred and self-love are equally self-centered.
By Mason Cooley
Seeing my malevolent face in the mirror, my benevolent soul shrinks back.
By Mason Cooley
Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.
By Mason Cooley
Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.
By Mason Cooley
Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.
By Mason Cooley
Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts.
By Mason Cooley
Rage is exciting, but leaves me confused and exhausted.
By Mason Cooley
Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder.
By Mason Cooley
Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.
By Mason Cooley
