Maxioms by Charles Caleb Colton
Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as read more
Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet quickest exercise of genius, at a moment when the passions are roused.
Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.
Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.
Most of our misfortune are more supportable than the comments of
our friends upon them.
Most of our misfortune are more supportable than the comments of
our friends upon them.
Life often presents us with a choice of evils rather than of goods.
Life often presents us with a choice of evils rather than of goods.
