“Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we see
Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree!”
Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774) Irish physician and writer
Source: Retaliation (1774), Line 11.
“My mother taught me a Spanish saying,” he remarked, “that it takes four men to make a salad: a spendthrift for the oil, a philosopher for the seasonings, a miser for the vinegar, and a madman for the tossing.”
— Poul Anderson, book The Star Fox
Section 1 “Marque and Reprisal”, Chapter V (pp. 37-38)
The Star Fox (1965)
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