Quote:
No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;
Am an attendant lord, one that will do
To swell a progress, start a scene or two,
Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool,
Deferential, glad to be of use,
Politic, cautious, and meticulous;
Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;
At times, indeed, almost ridiculous –
Almost, at the times, the Fool.
I learnt all that poem (T.S. Eliot – The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock) at school and have never forgotten it. Not an exact description (never been deferential ) but I’m sure you get the gist. Wish now I had learnt more as it’s harder to commit to memory these days although somehow always easier if set to music (which as far as I know that has never been).