“Saying “I feel guilty” is a mere form of words. Saying “I feel ashamed” is not.”
Mason Cooley
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“Shameless: Punish me for my desire if you will. It burns still.”
Mason Cooley
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“Vice is a dreary business. And virtue is not a lot of fun, either.”
Mason Cooley
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“Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.”
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“After ages of bombast, the rhetoric of virtue has become ironic and shy.”
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“Virtue sometimes pretends. Vice is always sincere.”
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“Power makes gods. Virtue makes martyrs.”
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“To gain a reputation for virtue, grieve over those you injure.”
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“Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism.”
Mason Cooley
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“Self-deception is nature; hypocrisy is art.”
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“Wealth makes the laws that poverty must obey.”
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“Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard.”
Mason Cooley
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“I feel affluent or not according to what part of town I am in.”
Mason Cooley
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“Moderation in all things is best, but it’s pretty hard to get excited about it.”
Mason Cooley
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“Moderation shifts when extremes do.”
Mason Cooley
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“Tolerance is a placid contempt.”
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“My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.”
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“Politics inflame the passions in a way that few beloveds can match.”
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“Passion impels our deeds; ideology supplies the explanations.”
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“The life of reason”Ma phrase once used by people who thought that reading books would deliver them from their passions.”
Mason Cooley
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