"There is in some men a dispassionate neutrality……" — Sir Fulke Greville
"There is in some men a dispassionate neutrality of mind, which, though it generally passes for good temper, can neither gratify nor warm us: it must indeed be granted that these men can only negatively offend: but then it should also be remembered that they cannot positively please."
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Sir Fulke Greville
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