"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"Affectation naturally counterfeits those excellences which are placed at the greatest distance from possibility of attainment, because, knowing our own defects, we eagerly endeavor to supply them with artificial excellence."
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Source: Samuel Johnson (1851). “The beauties of Johnson: choice selections from his works”, p.9
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