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.

Quote by Joseph Priestley

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread...

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread...

Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all...

Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all...

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread...

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread...

Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves.

Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves.

The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find...

The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find...

It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting.

It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting.

As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief...

As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief...

Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves

Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves

Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.

Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.

Will is nothing more than a particular case of the general doctrine of association of...

Will is nothing more than a particular case of the general doctrine of association of...

The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.

The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.

The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find...

The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find...

I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more...

I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more...

Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel...

Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel...

What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my...

What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my...

We pay when old for the excesses of youth.

We pay when old for the excesses of youth.

When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live...

When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live...

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon

If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon

Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild...

Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild...

Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural...

Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural...