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.
The Tsurezure Gusa de Yoshida Kenkō traduzido por George Sansom (1911).
Yoshida Kenkō frases e citações
Yoshida Kenkō: Frases em inglês
“Leave undone whatever you hesitate to do.”
One of the sayings of the venerable sages, called Ichigon Hödan.
Tsurezure-Gusa (Essays in Idleness)