"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"If in an actor there appears an utter vacancy of meaning, a frigid equality, a stupid languor, a torpid apathy, the greatest kindness that can be shown him is a speedy sentence of expulsion."
51 likes
Source: Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, Francis Pearson Walesby (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D..: The Adventurer and Idler”, p.223
About the author
Same author
More quotes by Samuel Johnson
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
"Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect."
"Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."
"When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully."
"Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world."