It has been justly observed, that discord generally operates in little things; it is inflamed to its utmost vehemence by contrariety of taste, oftener than of principles
--Johnson, Rambler 99
I had a girlfriend once who liked her eggs scrambled hard. I liked mine scrambled loose. Instead of saying that we liked our eggs cooked differently, she insisted that she scrambled eggs correctly; I scrambled them wrong. From this I derived the Scrambled Egg Principle: Do not elevate differences of taste into differences of principle. I see that, as usual, Johnson has anticipated me.
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Scrambled eggs are scrambled eggs.... as long as they taste good, I'm happy!
my sister always used to stick her chin out as a kid and say: EVERYONE'S DIFFERENT. End of argument.
That's inspiring.
Johnson drove a Rambler?
As did Thomas Nashe.
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