It is a man’s own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grows torpid in old age.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Comment (9 Apr 1778)

In James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)

 
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