Quotations From MASON COOLEY

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• 191.

  "Know thyself"? A recipe for a life of embarrassments and regrets.

  Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Second Selection, New York (1985).
  
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• 192.

  The Puritan sours his pleasures by disguising them as duties.

  Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Seventh Selection, New York (1990).
• 193.

  To be sexy, nudes need a little underwear.

  Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Sixth Selection, New York (1989).
• 194.

  Deconstruction glorifies the critic, humiliates the author, and makes the reader wonder why he bothered.

  Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Ninth Selection, New York (1992).
• 195.

  Tennyson: his melancholy made his fortune.

  Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, New York (1984).
• 196.

  When lying to someone, look him straight in the eye.

  Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Ninth Selection, New York (1992).
• 197.

  A laughing Lear would be monstrous. Not so a laughing Romeo and Juliet.

  Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Second Selection, New York (1985).
• 198.

  In love, self-love is always at risk.

  Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Seventh Selection, New York (1990).
  
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• 199.

  Talk shows are proof that conversation is dead.

  Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Sixth Selection, New York (1989).
• 200.

  A sheep who goes looking for a wolf is sure to find one.

  Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Tenth Selection, New York (1992).