“Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.”
— J. B. Priestley
Author: J. B. Priestley
Category: age
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting
“Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself – with a smile.”
— J. B. Priestley
Author: J. B. Priestley
Category: humor
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There was no respect for youth when
“There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going.”
— J. B. Priestley
Author: J. B. Priestley
Category: respect
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There was no respect for youth when
“There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age, I missed it coming and going.”
— J. B. Priestley
Author: J. B. Priestley
Category: age
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting
“Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself – with a smile.”
— J. B. Priestley
Author: J. B. Priestley
Category: society
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The more we elaborate our means of
“The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.”
— J. B. Priestley
Author: J. B. Priestley
Category: communication
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting
“Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself – with a smile.”
— J. B. Priestley
Author: J. B. Priestley
Category: smile
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Marriage is like paying an endless visit
“Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.”
— J. B. Priestley
Author: J. B. Priestley
Category: marriage
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We pay when old for the excesses
“We pay when old for the excesses of youth.”
— J. B. Priestley
Author: J. B. Priestley
Category: age
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I have always been delighted at the
“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.”
— J. B. Priestley
Author: J. B. Priestley
Category: morning
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When I was young there was no
“When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old. I missed out coming and going.”
— J. B. Priestley
Author: J. B. Priestley
Category: respect
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