"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"Memory is like all other human powers, with which no man can be satisfied who measures them by what he can conceive, or by what he can desire."
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Source: Samuel Johnson, Peter Martin (2009). “Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings”, p.83, Harvard University Press
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