Samuel Johnson
Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
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Vinegar
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Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar."
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint, Bishop
"A spoon full of honey gets more flies than a barrel full of vinegar."
Aeschylus
Playwright
"If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents."
Harold Wilson
Politician
"If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar."
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"Wine and the sun will make vinegar without any shouting to help them."
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"Take heed of the Vinegar of sweet Wine, and the Anger of Good-nature."
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"Remember what your mama told you about honey and vinegar: Be nice, and you’ll catch more flies, if nothing else."
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"I could eat bloody Elvis - if you put enough vinegar on him."
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"Marriage, from love, like vinegar from wine-- A sad, sour sober beverage--by time Is sharpened from its high celestial flavor Down to a very homely household savor."
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