Mason Cooley Quotes
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If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire.
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Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.
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Old photograph: amid the set poses of her family, a young girl smiles and raises her hand a little.
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Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.
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Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc.
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Nothing is more cheerful than talking about our friends' shortcomings.
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Laughing at our friends, we avenge the disappointment they have caused.
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People who expect deference resent mere civility.
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Self-deception is nature; hypocrisy is art.
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Every farewell combines loss and new freedom.
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Advice is more agreeable in the mouth than in the ear.
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Astrology: do we make a hullabaloo among the stars, or do they make a hullabaloo down here?
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Mistrust makes life difficult. Trust makes it risky.
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I win on my merits; my opponents win by cheating.
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A frog in love would not be enchanted to learn that her beloved had turned into Prince Charming.
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Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard.
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The wisdom of age: don't stop walking.
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The hysterical find too much significance in things. The depressed find too little.
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I cling to depression, thinking it a form of truth.
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Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology.
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