Samuel Johnson Quote

To neglect at any time preparation for death is to sleep on our post at a siege; to omit it in old age is to sleep at an attack.


The Rambler: In Four Volumes (ed. 1761)


To neglect at any time preparation for death is to sleep on our post at a siege; to omit it in old age is to sleep at an attack.

To neglect at any time preparation for death is to sleep on our post at a siege; to omit it in old age is to sleep at an attack.

To neglect at any time preparation for death is to sleep on our post at a siege; to omit it in old age is to sleep at an attack.

To neglect at any time preparation for death is to sleep on our post at a siege; to omit it in old age is to sleep at an attack.