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We are ashamed to seem evasive in the presence of a straightforward man, cowardly in the presence of a brave one, gross in the eyes of a refined one, and so on. We always imagine, and in imagining share, the judgments of the other mind. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#ashamed #brave #cowardly #evasive #eyes

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

Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#office #politics #weak

Children now expect their parents to audition for approval. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#audition #children #expect #now #parents

If the world would apologize, I might consider a reconciliation. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#consider #i #might #reconciliation #world

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

— Mason Cooley

#justice #matter #most #people #regard

The wisdom of age: don't stop walking. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#stop #walking #wisdom

Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#more #often #than #trouble #worth

If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#break #crime #going #interesting #law