William Hazlitt Quote

A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain, but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being.


Table-talk Or Original Essays. - London, Colburn 1822 (ed. 1822)


A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain, but teaches us at every step the precarious...

A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain, but teaches us at every step the precarious...

A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain, but teaches us at every step the precarious...

A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain, but teaches us at every step the precarious...