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

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

We pay when old for the excesses of youth.

We pay when old for the excesses of youth.

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...

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.

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...

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.

Advertising mourishes the consuming power of men. It sets up before a man the goal...

Advertising mourishes the consuming power of men. It sets up before a man the goal...

I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.

I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.

Advertising is the foot on the accelerator, the hand on the throttle, the spur on...

Advertising is the foot on the accelerator, the hand on the throttle, the spur on...

If you can afford to advertise, you don't need to.

If you can afford to advertise, you don't need to.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which...

It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which...

You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for...

You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for...

It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men.

It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men.

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...

You would attain to the divine perfection, And yet not turn your back upon the...