"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts."
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Source: Samuel Johnson (1851). “The beauties of Johnson: choice selections from his works”, p.41
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