"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused at the time, but they will be remembered, and brought out against him upon some subsequent occasion."
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Source: Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 25 Mar. 1776)
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