Famous Quotes / Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton: "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."
Coolest | Double | Edge | Effects |
Exercise | Genius | Highest | Indicates |
Moment | Order | Passions | Perfect |
Purpose | Quickest | Repartee | Roused |