1,425 Quotes by Mason Cooley

Like a frog, the aphorist waits for something to fly by that he can catch with his tongue.

Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening.

Self-esteem is not based on itself.

Malevolence is shameful but satisfying.

Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.

The muse is blind as Cupid and skittish as Diana.

The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.

Studying the past may suggest new ways of going wrong.

Prudence does not make people happy; it merely deprives them of the excitement of being constantly in trouble.