"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"The good of our present state is merely comparative, and the evil which every man feels will be sufficient to disturb and harass him if he does not know how much he escapes."
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Source: Samuel Johnson (1827). “The Rambler”, p.244
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