"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"Those writers who lie on the watch for novelty can have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation."
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Source: Samuel Johnson (1804). “The beauties of Samuel Johnson: maxims and observations. To which are now added, biographical anecdotes of the doctor, his life [&c.].”, p.103
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