Quotes on Stagnation
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1,843. Reading; Stagnation
"It is common to find young men ardent and diligent in the pursuit of knowledge; but the progress of life very often produces laxity and indifference; and not only those who are at liberty to choose their business and amusements, but those likewise whose professions engage them in literary inquiries, pass the latter part of their time without improvement, and spend the day rather in any other entertainment than that which they might find among books."
Johnson: Idler #94 (February 2, 1760)
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