“Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” – Samuel Johnson, writing on the execution of Dr. Dodd, in James Boswell ‘The Life of Samuel Johnson’ (1791) vol. 3, p. 167
“Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” – Samuel Johnson, writing on the execution of Dr. Dodd, in James Boswell ‘The Life of Samuel Johnson’ (1791) vol. 3, p. 167