Richard Porson Quotes
d. 1808 England
Richard Porson (December 25, 1759 – September 25, 1808) was an English classical scholar.
Also known as: Porson, Richard
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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."
"Who's up ?" inquired Burke of a friend at the door,
"Oh, no one," says Paddy, "tho' Pitt's on the floor."
A little garden little Jowett made,
And fenced it with a little palisade;
A little taste hath little Dr. Jowett;
This little garden doth a little show it.
Here lies a Doctor of Divinity,
Who was a Fellow too of Trinity;
He knew as much about Divinity
As other Fellows do of Trinity.