\nA member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease".
\n\t"That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.".<\/p>\n
\n\t"He had delusions of adequacy.".
\n\t– Walter Kerr.<\/p>\n
\n\t"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.".
\n\t– Winston Churchill.<\/p>\n
\n\t"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.".
\n\t– Clarence Darrow.<\/p>\n
\n\t"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.".
\n\t– William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).<\/p>\n
\n\t"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I’ll waste no time reading it.".
\n\t– Moses Hadas.<\/p>\n
\n\t"I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.".
\n\t– Mark Twain.<\/p>\n
\n\t"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.".
\n\t– Oscar Wilde.<\/p>\n
\t"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one.".
\n\t– George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill.
\n\t"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second …. if there is one.".
\n\t– Winston Churchill, in response.<\/p>\n
\n\t"I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here.".
\n\t– Stephen Bishop.<\/p>\n
\n\t"He is a self-made man and worships his creator.".
\n\t– John Bright.<\/p>\n
\t"I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial.".
\n\t– Irvin S. Cobb.<\/p>\n
\t"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others.".
\n\t– Samuel Johnson.<\/p>\n
\t"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.".
\n\t– Paul Keating.<\/p>\n
\n\t"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.".
\n\t– Charles, Count Talleyrand.<\/p>\n
\t"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.".
\n\t– Forrest Tucker.<\/p>\n
\t"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?".
\n\t– Mark Twain.<\/p>\n
\t"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.".
\n\t– Mae West.<\/p>\n
\n\t"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.".
\n\t– Oscar Wilde.<\/p>\n
\t"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts… for support rather than illumination.".
\n\t– Andrew Lang (1844-1912).<\/p>\n
\t"He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.".
\n\t– Billy Wilder.<\/p>\n
\n\t"I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But I’m afraid this wasn’t it.".
\n\t– Groucho Marx.<\/p>\n
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