What did Mason Cooley mean by: Aphorisms are not true or false, but pointed or flat. - Mason Cooley Professor · USA Copy
+ Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mason Cooley, Listening, Literature, Mother, 0 - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
+ Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love. Feraz Zeid, September 25, 2023February 6, 2024, Mason Cooley, Broken Heart, 0 - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
+ Bravery despite defeat is praiseworthy. Victory despite cowardice is beyond praise. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Mason Cooley, Brave, Courage, Victory, 0 - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
+ Sincerity guarantees nothing but itself. Feraz Zeid, July 15, 2023December 12, 2023, Mason Cooley, Guarantees, Sincerity, 0 - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
+ Revenge is sweet but not nourishing. Feraz Zeid, June 2, 2023December 12, 2023, Mason Cooley, Revenge, Sweet, 0 - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
+ Advice is more agreeable in the mouth than in the ear. Feraz Zeid, July 2, 2023December 12, 2023, Mason Cooley, Advice, Ears, Mouths, 0 - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
+ Old and young disbelieve one another’s truths. Feraz Zeid, August 13, 2023December 12, 2023, Mason Cooley, Youth, 0 - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
+ To a suicide: You just poisoned the wrong person. Feraz Zeid, November 3, 2023December 26, 2023, Mason Cooley, Suicide, Wrong Person, 0 - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
Belief in form, but disbelief in content – that’s what makes an aphorism charming. Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
A sentimental aphorism is even more a surprise than a hard- boiled sonnet. - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
To be thoroughly modern, an aphorism should trail off vaguely rather than coming to a point. - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
Finding a thought for an aphorism is not hard. Putting a kink in its tail is the hard part. - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
I believe aphorisms are best when first read in the wild, free from the confines of any categories. - James Geary Writer · USA
