"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying to them."
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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.348
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