"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood."
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Source: Samuel Johnson (1977). “Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.261, Univ of California Press
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