These glorious insults are
from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words. Some of them, anyway.
Bitching – with some it is a
passion, with others an art. - Unknown
A man of such obvious and
exemplary charm must be a liar. - Anita Brookner
A man who could make so vile a pun, would not scruple to pick
a pocket. - John Dennis
A relentless talent for
tactlessness. - Barbara Tuchman
Advertising men and politicians
are dangerous if they are separated. Together they are diabolical. - Phillip Adams
Ahhh. A man with a sharp wit.
Someone ought to take it away from him before he cuts himself. - Peter Da Silva
Allow me to congratulate you, sir.
You have the most totally closed mind that I’ve ever encountered. - Doctor Who
And the first rude sketch that the
world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the
leaves "It's pretty, but is it Art?" - Rudyard Kipling
Dumb as a drum
with a hole in it, sir. - Charles Dickens
He inched his way up the corridor
as if he would rather be yarding his way down it. - Douglas Adams
He is a modest
little man who has a good deal to be modest about. - Winston Churchill
He is an old bore; even the grave
yawns for him. - Herbert Beerbohm Tree
He is mad past
recovery, but yet he has lucid intervals. - Miguel
de Cervantes
He is not only dull himself, but
the cause of dullness in others. - Samuel
Foote
He is so old that his blood type
was discontinued. - George William Curtis
He knows nothing; and he thinks he
knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. - George Bernard Shaw
He uses
statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than
illumination. - Andrew Lang
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