"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"The man who is asked by an author what he thinks of his work is put to the torture and is not obliged to speak the truth."
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Source: Samuel Johnson, James Boswell (1825). “The Table Talk of Dr. Johnson: Comprising Opinions and Anecdotes of Life and Literature, Men, Manners, and Morals”, p.282
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