Back When Insults Had Class:

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Back When Insults Had Class:

"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)

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." --
Groucho Marx

"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... followed by Churchill's response:

"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second, if there is
one." -- Winston Churchill

"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

"He had delusions of adequacy." -- Walter Kerr

"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

Lady Astor once remarked to Winston Churchill at a Dinner Party,
"Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee! " Winston
replied, "Madam if I were your husband I would drink it."

[LivinLOS]

The 2 Churchills stick out as they are reposts and even harder to do..

I have a book somewhere of Mark Twain quotes.. Amazing mind.

[MrDK]

Originally Posted by LivinLOS

I have a book somewhere of Mark Twain quotes.. Amazing mind.

"The best"
Here are a few:
Mark Twain Quotes