These are cute!

foodforfuel · September 2011

Copied and pasted these from WendyUsuallyWanders Website:

*These glorious insults are from an era before the English language
got boiled down to 4-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 this wasn’t it.” -
Groucho Marx*