Washington Irving Quote

The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.


The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine (ed. 1840)


The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.

The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.

The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.

The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.