Compartilhando algumas pérolas do humor inglês, enviado pela amiga Bebel Bebel KlabinWHEN INSULTS HAD CLASS These glorious insults are from an era before the English language became boiled down to 4-letter words. A member of Parliament to 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. 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). Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; Ill waste no time reading it. -Moses Hadas. I didnt 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. Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill. Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second ... if there is one. - Winston Churchill, in response. I feel so miserable without you; its almost like having you here. -Stephen Bishop. Ive just learned about his illness. Lets hope its nothing trivial. -Irvin S. Cobb. He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others. -Samuel Johnson. He loves nature in spite of what it did to him. - Forrest Tucker. 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. He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination. - AndrewLang (1844-1912). He has Van Goghs ear for music. - Billy Wilder.
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