Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.

- Charles Caleb Colton

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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. - Charles Caleb Colton