Yoshida Kenkō Quote

The hour of death waits for no order. Death does not even come from the front. It is ever pressing on from behind. All men know of death, but they do not expect it of a sudden, and it comes upon them unawares. So, though the dry flats extend far out, soon the tide comes and floods the beach.

Tsurezure-Gusa (Essays in Idleness)

The hour of death waits for no order. Death does not even come from the front. It is ever pressing on from behind. All men know of death, but they do ...

The hour of death waits for no order. Death does not even come from the front. It is ever pressing on from behind. All men know of death, but they do ...

The hour of death waits for no order. Death does not even come from the front. It is ever pressing on from behind. All men know of death, but they do ...

The hour of death waits for no order. Death does not even come from the front. It is ever pressing on from behind. All men know of death, but they do ...