"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness."
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Source: 'The Bravery of the English Common Soldier' in 'The British Magazine' January 1760 (Yale ed., vol. 10, p. 281)
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