J. B. Priestley

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We pay when old for the excesses of youth.

J. B. Priestley

age

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

age

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

age

The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.

J. B. Priestley

age

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

J. B. Priestley

communication

If we openly declare what is wrong with us, what is our deepest need, then perhaps the death and despair will by degrees disappear.

J. B. Priestley

death

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.

J. B. Priestley

happiness

I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to know or do in half a dozen lifetimes.

J. B. Priestley

hope

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.

J. B. Priestley

humor

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

J. B. Priestley

marriage

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