Character Quotes by Mason Cooley

In describing someone's character, I reveal my own.

— Mason Cooley

Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully

— Mason Cooley

We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.

— Mason Cooley

Small faults and virtues are for daily life. The big ones are for emergencies.

— Mason Cooley

Holding unconventional opinions makes people feel they have strong characters.

— Mason Cooley

To gain a reputation for virtue, grieve over those you injure.

— Mason Cooley

The Media: bold sex and violence, timid politics and morals.

— Mason Cooley

The neuroses parody the virtues.

— Mason Cooley

Eccentricity: strength of character doubling back on itself.

— Mason Cooley

A crisis unmasks everyone.

— Mason Cooley

Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.

— Mason Cooley

In ethics, prudence is not an important virtue, but in the world it is almost everything.

— Mason Cooley

Virtue sometimes pretends. Vice is always sincere.

— Mason Cooley

Vice is a dreary business. And virtue is not a lot of fun, either.

— Mason Cooley

Cheap thrill: moral outrage revels in its own innocence and in the guilt of the wicked Others.

— Mason Cooley

Beauty and virtue: the most kissable ass in the world is no guarantee of good intentions.

— Mason Cooley

Observe decorum, and it will open a path to morality.

— Mason Cooley

Authority is conferred by position, not character.

— Mason Cooley