Quote #10

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

Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

More from Joseph Priestley

  1. Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.
  2. She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.
  3. Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and wit…
  4. The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.
  5. Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves.
  6. The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.
  7. It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting.
  8. This is unfortunately a world in which things find it difficult, frequently impossible, to live up to their names.

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