Friday, May 7, 2010

Insult agalore.... learn them and keep them handy....

You might come across an opportunity to use these on those you want to reduce to ashes.   These glorious insults are from an era before the English language changed to 4-letter words.

The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:
She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison."
He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."
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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."

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"He had delusions of adequacy."

Walter Kerr
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"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Winston Churchill

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"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." Clarence Darrow
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"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).

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"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas

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"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.."
Oscar Wilde

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