When Insults Had Class

Glorious insults from an era before the English Language became crude, vulgar and uncouth when people started spicing their lack of verbal skills with 4-letter words:

The exchange between Sir Winston 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."

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

Winston Churchill

The exchange between George Bernard Shaw and Sir Winston Churchill:

George Bernard Shaw: "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend.... if you have one."

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

A brief profile for those too young to remember or who hate history

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill a.k.a “the Bulldog” (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965), was a British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders. He served as Prime Minister twice (1940–45 and 1951–55). Known for his wit and sharp tongue, a noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. To date, he is the only British prime minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and he was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)