These glorious insults are from an era “before” the English language got boiled down to four-letter words.
A member of
Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of
some unspeakable disease.”
"That
depends, Sir, " said Disraeli, "whether I
embrace your policies or your mistress."
"He
had delusions of adequacy ." -
Walter Kerr
"He
has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston
Churchill
"I
have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great
pleasure."-
Clarence Darrow
"He
has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the
dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
"Thank
you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it."- Moses Hadas
"I
didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of
it." -
Mark Twain
"He
has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."- Oscar
Wilde
"I
am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if
you have one." -
George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot
possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one."- Winston
Churchill, in response
"I
feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."- Stephen
Bishop
"He
is a self-made man and worships his creator."- John Bright
"I've
just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." - Irvin
S. Cobb
"He
is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." - Samuel
Johnson
"He
is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating
"In order
to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." -
Charles, Count Talleyrand
"He
loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker
"Why
do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" - Mark Twain
"His
mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae
West
"Some
cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." - Oscar
Wilde
"He uses
statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than
illumination." -
Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
"He
has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder
"I've
had a perfectly wonderful evening. But I'm afraid this wasn't it."- Groucho
Marx
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