"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as to ourselves."
Source: Samuel Johnson (1848). “The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler”, p.97
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Samuel Johnson
Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
Samuel Johnson was an 18th-century English writer and lexicographer, known for his influential work 'A Dictionary of the English Language' and his profound insights into human nature.
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