"Friendship's an empty name, made to deceive Those whose good nature tempts them to believe: There's no such thing on earth; the best that we Can hope for here is faint neutrality."
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Sir Samuel Tuke, 1st Baronet
Sir Samuel Tuke, 1st Baronet (c. 1615 – 26 January 1674, in Somerset House, London) was an English officer in the Royalist army during the English Civil War and a notable playwright.
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