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We have no higher life that is really apart from other people. It is by imagining them that our personality is built up; to be without the power of imagining them is to be a low-grade idiot. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#built #higher #idiot #imagining #life

When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or because he cares no more for the game, the virtue passes out of him. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#cares #ceases #conflict #game #him

Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#disappear #fulfill #magic #make #people

Children now expect their parents to audition for approval. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#audition #children #expect #now #parents

Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#either #fun #just #lying #pathology

Most people regard getting their way as a matter of simple justice. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#justice #matter #most #people #regard

Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#expect #like #listen #much #others

A blunt statement can be as false as any other. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#blunt #false #other #statement

Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#may #mine #myths #other #people

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

— Mason Cooley

#his #listening #might #mother #speaks