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
littles obvious scholarship
Scholarship can find little to say about the obvious.
change regret celebrate
Wallace Stevens: the Platonist celebrates endless change, but with regret.
powerful merit undefined
Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits.
museums history giving
A Museum of fetishes would give special attention to the history of underwear.
stupidity likes excuse
Nobody likes to offer stupidity as an excuse.
flags emblems snail
Emblem: the carapace of the great crowned snail is painted with all the flags of the United Nations.
memorial enlightenment monument
Our public monuments are memorials to the Enlightenment.
bears honey hard
The public is a hibernating bear, hard to awaken and fond of honey.
exercise lust sloth
My regimen is lust and avarice for exercise, gluttony and sloth for relaxation.
time routine comfort
Repetition comforts me for a time, then closes in.
old-things routine same-old-thing
The same old thing--even if it's champagne--is still the same old thing.
time boredom usual
Boredom turns to panic if my beloved leaves before the usual time.
happiness ordinary routine
The Ordinary Life: the misery seems planned, the happiness accidental.
magic wish routine
The magic of procedure: do this after that and thus before so; then your wish will be granted.