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

Samuel Johnson

The Rambler, No. 78 (Sat 15 Dec 1750). http://www.yalejohnson.com/frontend/sda_viewer?n=106855 See also The Yale Book of Quotations, Samuel Johnson 2 (2006)

Sleep , Time , Age , Death

“A jest breaks no bones.”

Samuel Johnson

June 4, 1781
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol IV