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
fancy vices youth
The vices of youth now exceed my powers, but not my fancy.
seductive age comfort
With age, comfort becomes more seductive than beauty.
giving aging vistas
At sixty, I would like to give my future back its vistas of uncertainty.
wisdom intelligence simplify
Intelligence complicates. Wisdom simplifies.
wisdom pun riddle
I like the old wisdom--puns, riddles, spells, proverbs.
wisdom mentor age
My mentors grow old and foolish. I am afraid.
happiness wisdom memories
Wisdom is founded on memory; happiness on forgetfulness.
wisdom return embrace
Wisdom knows when to return death's embrace.
wisdom affair lost
Wisdom has lost repute because it so often applies to a state of affairs that no longer exists.
wisdom age aging
As an elder I mistrust the wisdom of age.
wise wisdom two
To avoid discord, never put two wise people in the same room.
music clouds dancing
The harp is an insipid instrument--no good for dancing, feasting, or marching, only for sitting primly in a parlor or on a cloud.
music numbers silent
Mathematics: silent harmonies. Music: sounding numbers.
thinking thoughtful sticks
No matter how close thought sticks to the actual, it follows its own rules.