"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"Never believe extraordinary characters which you hear of people. Depend upon it, they are exaggerated. You do not see one man shoot a great deal higher than another."
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Source: Samuel Johnson (1997). “The Sayings of Doctor Johnson”, p.13, Gerald Duckworth & Co
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