"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"Grief is a species of idleness."
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Source: Letter to Mrs Thrale, 17 March 1773, in R. W. Chapman (ed.) 'The Letters of Samuel Johnson' (1952) vol. 1
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