"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"An old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost."
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Source: Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi (2013). “Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: To Which Are Added Some Poems Never Before Printed”, p.326, Cambridge University Press
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