Famous Quotes | BOSWELL “ ... Is not the fear...

BOSWELL “ ... Is not the fear of death natural to man?” JOHNSON. “So much so, Sir, that the whole of life is but keeping away the thought of it.” - Samuel Johnson
Attribution: Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), British author, lexicographer. (Originally published 1791). Boswell’s Life of Johnson, Oct. 19, 1769, p. 416, Oxford University Press (1980).

Categories: Author, Death, Fear, Lexicographer, Thinking And Thought

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