"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"Such is the emptiness of human enjoyment that we are always impatient of the present. Attainment is followed by neglect, and possession by disgust."
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Source: Samuel Johnson (1761). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes”, p.230
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