"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"Life is surely given us for higher purposes than to gather what our ancestors have wisely thrown away, and to learn what is of no value but because it has been forgotten."
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Source: Samuel Johnson (1977). “Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.201, Univ of California Press
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