He was a thorough good sort; a bit limited; a bit thick in the head; y…

Virginia Woolf
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He was a thorough good sort; a bit limited; a bit thick in the head; yes; but a thorough good sort. Whatever he took up he did in the same matter-of-fact sensible way; without a touch of imagination, without a sparkle of brilliancy, but with the inexplicable niceness of his type. ✨ Virginia Woolf (2007). Selected Works of Virginia Woolf, p.176, Wordsworth Editions
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