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.

Richard Porson Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...