"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"The round of a passionate man's life is in contracting debts in his passion, which his virtue obliges him to pay. He spends his time in outrage and acknowledgment, injury and reparation."
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Source: Samuel Johnson (1851). “The beauties of Johnson: choice selections from his works”, p.6
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