Mason Cooley: Frasi in inglese
“Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are.”
Variante: Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.
“Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.”
City Aphorisms, Third Selection (1986)
“I am easy-going right up to the borders of my self-interest.”
City Aphorisms, Sixth Selection (1989)
“Don’t milk the cow too hard. She will kick you.”
City Aphorisms, Eleventh Selection (1993)
“To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little.”
City Aphorisms, Tenth Selection (1992)
“Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.”
City Aphorisms, Ninth Selection (1992)
“When lying to someone, look him straight in the eye.”
City Aphorisms, Ninth Selection (1992)
“Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion it.”
City Aphorisms, Twelfth Selection (1993)
“Scepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other.”
City Aphorisms, Fourth Selection (1987)
“The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.”
City Aphorisms, Sixth Selection (1989)
“In an aphorism, aptness counts for more than truth.”
City Aphorisms, Fourth Selection (1987)
“Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?”
City Aphorisms, Thirteenth Selection (1994)
“Timidity keeps me safe and sad in a narrow room.”
City Aphorisms, Eighth Selection (1991)
“Wisdom remembers. Happiness forgets.”
City Aphorisms, Third Selection (1986)
“Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.”
City Aphorisms, Eighth Selection (1991)
“People may show jealousy, but hide their envy.”
City Aphorisms, Eleventh Selection (1993)
