Mason Cooley
Mason Cooley
Mason Cooleywas an American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms. One of these such aphorisms Cooley developed was "The time I kill is killing me."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
father matriarchy patriarch
My father was a patriarch inside a matriarchy, but never knew it.
family family-life pastime
Blackmail is one of the great pastimes of family life.
family couple cat
The family is on its way out; couples go next; then no more keeping cats or parrots.
family romance turns
Family romances are the only ones that never turn out happily.
comfort no-turning-back
Once discover comfort, and there is no turning back.
good-man virtue manners
Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.
fun vices virtue
Vice is a dreary business. And virtue is not a lot of fun, either.
ironic age shy
After ages of bombast, the rhetoric of virtue has become ironic and shy.
vices sometimes virtue
Virtue sometimes pretends. Vice is always sincere.
real rude feelings
In middle age, I practiced feeling old, but the real thing has been a rude surprise.
age lifetime old-age
Old age learns about less after a lifetime of more.
long age painful
Living too long exacts a painful price.
men age affection
Old men feel a slightly reluctant affection for one another.
nature dirty men
Dirty old men, ignoring society, continue to follow nature.