Mason Cooley

Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#behind #current #current state #reputation #runs

Romantics consider common sense vulgar. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#common sense #consider #romantics #sense #vulgar

Seeing my malevolent face in the mirror, my benevolent soul shrinks back. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#benevolent #face #malevolent #mirror #seeing

Self-reform is the only kind that works. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#only #works

Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#me #sloth #unjust

Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#give #like #loves #pleasure #some

Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#hurricane #loves #middle #middle age #opera

Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#clearly #enough #idea #itself #may

Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#imagination #past #refers #taste