"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good."
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Source: Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). “The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: with Murphy's essay”, p.17
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