Mason Cooley

Folly always knows the answer. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#answer #folly #knows

General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#faster #general #horses #know #omit

Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#hypocrisy #outside

I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#did #i #know #prime #until

I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#exceptional #how #i #i am #i have learned

I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#failure #forgiven #happy #i #less

If beggars do not hate the rest of us, they are even more abject than I had imagined. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#beggars #even #had #hate #i

If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#exhibitionism #modesty #would

If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#habit #hard #success #success is

Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#imagination #only #rules