When Insults Had Class

classy insults, when insults had class, the best insults from history

Ever get sick of the kind of infantile joshing that passes for insults these days?  You know – the kind of thing you routinely see on Facebook.  Full of the delightful, rather limited vocabulary of non-words like noob, douche, minger and chav?

Do you long for a return for the day when insults were intelligent, properly scathing and had real class?  We do. And so we’ve rounded up a few of the best.  We’re sure you’ll agree – they don’t trot them out  like this anymore!

Famous exchange between Churchill  and 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."

A member of Parliament to Benjamin 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."

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

"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

"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae West

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

"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