|
To a gentleman, who, at the close of a fierce dispute with Porson, exclaimed, "My opinion of you is most contemptible, Sir"; he retorted, "I never knew an opinion of yours that was not contemptible."
John Selby Watson, The Life of Richard Porson, M.A. (1861), p. 385.
Tags: close, contemptible, dispute, exclaimed, fierce, gentleman, knew, most
Related Links:
Quotes
|
