Mason Cooley Quotes - Page 56

• The truth usually has a slightly ugly look.

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  Truth, Looks, Ugly

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• When appearance and reality coincide, philosophy and literary criticism find themselves with nothing to say.

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  Philosophy, Philosophical, Reality

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• Against classical philosophy: thinking about eternity or the immensity of the universe does not lessen my unhappiness.

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  Philosophy, Philosophical, Thinking

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• In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles.

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  Philosophy, Philosophical, Interesting

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• Beggars remind us that not all miseries arise from our ideas.

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  Ideas, Misery, Arise

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• In the present age, a man with harmonious ideas is regarded as out of touch.

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  Men, Ideas, Age

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• Whatever is spoken of acquires a certain existence.

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  Speech, Certain, Existence

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• Life is struggle and sleep.

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  Life, Struggle, Sleep

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• Vicarious living is only slightly less impossible than vicarious eating.

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  Life, Impossible, Eating

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