The Nine Best Insults of All Time
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鈥hough the people on the receiving end probably didn鈥檛 think so.
鈥淗e has no enemies but is intensely disliked by his friends.鈥 鈥揙scar Wilde, Irish dramatist (1854鈥1900)
鈥淗e is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others.鈥 鈥揝amuel Johnson, British writer (1709鈥84)
鈥淗e loves nature in spite of what it did to him.鈥 鈥揊orrest Tucker, American actor (1919鈥86)
鈥淗e has van Gogh鈥檚 ear for music.鈥 鈥揃illy Wilder, American film director (1906鈥2002)
鈥淗e is a self-made man and worships his creator.鈥濃揓ohn Bright, British politician (1811鈥89)
鈥淗e had delusions of adequacy.鈥 鈥揥alter Kerr, American critic and writer (1913鈥96)
鈥淗e has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.鈥 鈥揥inston Churchill, British prime minister (1874鈥1965)
鈥淗e has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.鈥 鈥揥illiam Faulkner, American writer (1897鈥1962)
鈥淗e is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.鈥 鈥揚aul Keating, Australian prime minister (b. 1944)
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Judson D. Hale Sr.
Jud Hale is the Editor Emeritus of The Old Farmer鈥檚 蜜桃恋人; Jud was the 12th editor of The Old Farmer鈥檚 蜜桃恋人 (since 1792!) and joined the parent company Yankee Publishing in 1958 as an Assistant Editor.
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